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New Traffic System for Drones: Inside India's Plan to Manage Skies Below 1,000 Feet

The Airports Authority of India is developing a national Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) system to regulate drone flights in very-low-level airspace up to 1,000 feet AGL, issuing a global Request for Information to assess available technologies and deployment architectures. The system is designed to layer over—not replace—India's existing Digital Sky platform, adding real-time conflict management, dynamic geofencing, and automated NPNT-based authorisations at national scale.

By UAVHelpline Editorial · 9 min read

2026-08-31

AMP-HEL Directed-Energy System Downs Three Cartel-Linked Drones on the US Southern Border

Joint Task Force – Southern Border used the Army Multipurpose High Energy Laser (AMP-HEL) overnight on 25–26 August 2026 to defeat three hostile UAS in the Rio Grande Valley, marking a publicly confirmed operational use of directed-energy counter-UAS capability at the border. The system, built around AeroVironment's 20 kW-class LOCUST laser weapon, was delivered to the Army's Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office in prototype form in late 2025.

By UAVHelpline Editorial

2026-08-22

Motorola Solutions Closes $1.5 Billion D-Fend Acquisition, Embedding RF Cyber-Takeover C-UAS Into Its Public Safety Ecosystem

Motorola Solutions has completed the $1.5 billion purchase of D-Fend Solutions, bringing the company's RF cyber-takeover counter-drone platform under its public safety umbrella. The deal lands as newly enacted US regulation is unlocking a broad domestic market for non-kinetic C-UAS technology at state and local level.

By UAVHelpline Editorial

2026-07-22

FBI Seized More Than 700 Drones Over World Cup Venues — And the Counter-UAS Technology Stack That Made It Possible

Federal agencies detected nearly 1,600 unauthorised drone incursions across all 11 U.S. FIFA World Cup host cities, seizing more than 700 aircraft by mid-July — the largest C-UAS enforcement action in American history. The operation road-tested a layered technology stack of Cyber-over-RF takeover systems and kinetic net-interceptors, while new legislation simultaneously expanded drone-mitigation authority to state and local law enforcement for the first time.

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