EDA approaches industry for dual-use C-UAS technology
UAS have evolved in recent years to pose an increasing threat to military installations and critical national infrastructure, prompting defence and security agencies to pay closer attention to countermeasures.
Focusing on the need to access dual-use C-UAS technology, the European Defence Agency (EDA) has issued a call for industry ideas, before its second ‘Countering Unmanned Airborne Systems (C-UAS) Workshop’ scheduled for 15 September.
An EDA spokesperson explained to Shephard that the event will focus on potential collaborative C-UAS development efforts, ‘in line with avenues of approach identified to implement the related agreed EU priority'.
The official added: ‘The objective is to
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