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  • Four Firms Secure Winning Spot in Final ThunderDrone Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Four Firms Secure Winning Spot in Final ThunderDrone Competition

    Four companies have booked winning berths in a three-day prototyping competition held in June that sought technologies that could thwart enemy unmanned aerial systems, the National Defense Magazine reported. The U.S. Special Operations Command organized the event called Game of Drones, which is the third and final installment of the ThunderDrone competition. The winning counter-UAS prototype […] More

  • Battelle Updates Handheld Counter-UAS Device; Dan Stamm Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle Updates Handheld Counter-UAS Device; Dan Stamm Comments

    Battelle has updated a man-portable device the nonprofit designed to help the departments of Defense and Homeland Security protect national airspace from unmanned aerial system threats. DroneDefender V2 is equipped with a multifunction selector switch and miniaturized electronics, Battelle said Monday. The new design works to extend the range and capacity of the handheld counter-UAS platform to […] More

  • Battelle-Dedrone Partnership Aims to Combine UAS Detection and Defeat Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle-Dedrone Partnership Aims to Combine UAS Detection and Defeat Platforms

    Battelle and Dedrone have agreed to explore methods for the development of an airspace security platform that will combine unmanned aerial system detection and defeat technologies. The non-binding, non-exclusive partnership aims to build an integrated technology offering that will work to help protect sensitive infrastructure in the U.S. from drone threats, Battelle said Thursday. San Francisco-based Dedrone […] More

  • Battelle Demos Anti-Drone Tech Platform at DoD Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle Demos Anti-Drone Tech Platform at DoD Event

    Battelle has showcased the features of its new anti-drone technology to potential buyers during the Defense Department‘s annual Black Dart event in Florida. The nonprofit said Tuesday it has sold more than 200 units of the man-portable DroneDefender system to DoD, the Department of Homeland Security and international customers. DroneDefender is equipped with radio control frequency disruption technology […] More

  • Kimberly Stambler: Battelle to Update UAS Countermeasure Device - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kimberly Stambler: Battelle to Update UAS Countermeasure Device

    Battelle aims to build a third version of the nonprofit’s rifle-like device that works to jam GPS and command-and-control and GPS systems used to fly unmanned aircraft systems, IHS Jane’s 360 reported Tuesday. Geoff Fein writes the current DroneDefender system is powered by a nearly 10-pound battery inside a backpack and designed to neutralize UAS that weighs less than 55 pounds and operates at a speed of less […] More

  • Battelle to Exhibit Anti-UAS Device at Navy League Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle to Exhibit Anti-UAS Device at Navy League Event

    Battelle will present one of its anti-unmanned aircraft systems devices and several other technology platforms at the Navy League’s Sea Air Space Show from May 16 to 18 in Maryland. The nonprofit’s man-portable DroneDefender device works to disrupt small UAS devices through radio control frequency before the drones present a threat to military and civilian activities, Battelle said Tuesday. […] More

  • DoD, DHS Buy 100 Units of Battelle’s Drone Defense Tool; Dan Stamm Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD, DHS Buy 100 Units of Battelle’s Drone Defense Tool; Dan Stamm Comments

    Battelle has sold nearly 100 units of a portable drone defense system to the departments of Defense and Homeland Security. The nonprofit science organization’s DroneDefender technology works to disrupt the operations of unmanned aircraft systems at a range of up to 1,300 feet through the use of radio control frequency, Battelle said Wednesday. “The idea is to quickly […] More

  • GCN: Lockheed, Battelle, NEC Work on Drone Defense Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GCN: Lockheed, Battelle, NEC Work on Drone Defense Tech

    Companies continue to explore new drone defense technologies to address the potential threat from unmanned aircraft systems as they prove hard to detect using existing radar technologies, GCN reported Tuesday. Mark Pomerleau writes that NEC, Battelle and Lockheed Martin currently have programs that seek to bolster drone defense through capabilities ranging from detection to disruption. […] More