Googling for Existing Counter Uas Tech

I took a look on 2023-07-14. Drone Groups So the U.S. military has 5 UAS groups: <20lbs (<9kg), <1,200ft AGL, <100kts 21-55lbs (9-20kg), <3,500ft AGL, <250kts 55-1,320lbs (20-600kg), <18,000ft AGL, <250kts 1,320+lbs, <18,000ft AGL 1,320+lbs >18,000ft AGL The DND challenge is, to a rounding error, only for group 1 and group 2 drones. NorthropGrumman Sensors and radars Many, HAMMR looks like fun Medium Calibre M-ACE “Mobile - Acquisition, Cueing, and Effector” system with video can “cue” a nearby 25mm (or maybe 30mm?...

July 14, 2023 · 4 min · 705 words · Amos

Canadas Academic Research and Development in Unmanned Aerial Systems 2020 Survey

Hugh H.-T. Liu (Posted on his website)[https://www.flight.utias.utoronto.ca/fsc/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/uasrmap_ca_2020.pdf] Bottom Line Up Front I rate this 1. Summary Introduction The unmanned Aerial System sector is currently military and security. The bulk of predicted growth will come from civilian and commercial applications. I’d bet that commercial will dwarf both military and civilian within a decade. Lets see what this report thinks. Scope and Method of Survey Covers academic centers, intentionally ignores (but acknowledges) industry....

July 12, 2023 · 1 min · 201 words · Amos

5g Network Based Passive Radar

Piotr Samczyński, Karol Abratkiewicz, Marek Płotka, Tomasz P. Zieliński, Jacek Wszołek, Sławomir Hausman, Piotr Korbel, Adam Ksiȩżyk Bottom Line Up Front I rate this 9.4. I’d never read much about either Passive Radars or 5G, but this paper gave me enough context to feel like I knew what was going on while at the same time doing something cool. Incredibly written, I never felt either overwhelmed or condescended to. Super cool experiment....

July 11, 2023 · 5 min · 884 words · Amos

Do winners pick government

Do winners pick government? How scale-up experience shapes entrepreneurs’ assessments of innovation policy mixes https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scad030 Steven Denney, Travis Southin, David A Wolfe Bottom Line Up Front Scaleups prefer grants to tax incentives and want government to ‘pick winners’ instead of spreading out the love. They’re positive and negative about everything. Summary Analyze interviews with entrepreneurs from Canadian technology firms. Is there a disconnect between objectives and instruments employed by the government?...

June 20, 2023 · 3 min · 606 words · Amos