As Gatwick Airport begins to clear its backlog of flights caused by an unknown UAS threat earlier this week, the regulatory, legislative and security implications are likely to be felt for some time.
Reaction to the Gatwick incident from the UK and wider international industry and airline associations has been swift, with the incident in some cases dividing opinion in how best to proceed.
Geoff Moore, business development manager at Blighter Surveillance Systems, which manufacturers UAS radar detection systems, told Shephard that this would be ‘a wake-up call’ for security and aviation security in particular.
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Cummings Aerospace presented its turbojet-powered Hellhound loitering munition at SOF Week 2025, offering a man-portable solution aligned with the US Army’s LASSO requirements.
PDW has revealed its Attritable Multirotor First Person View drone at SOF Week 2025, offering special operations forces a low-cost, rapidly deployable platform for strike and ISR missions, inspired by battlefield lessons from Ukraine.
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The Russia-Ukraine conflict has driven another stage of evolution for drones and the counter measures to defend against them.
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