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Sentrycs and Xtend Announce Partnership to Enhance Drone Security for the Defense Industry

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By Sentrycs

April 30, 2025

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Sentrycs and Xtend announced a strategic partnership aimed at transforming drone security and remote operations for defense and security applications. This collaboration brings together Sentrycs’ advanced counter-drone solutions with Xtend’s unique technology, enabling customers to accelerate the threat mitigation cycle, ensure an unparalleled level of protection, and significantly enhance operational efficiency in high-stakes environments.

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Apollo, the innovation inspired insurance platform, and Moonrock, the leading managing general agent specializing in drone insurance, announce the launch of a new drone, eVTOL and Aviation innovation insurance facility. The facility will provide liability coverage of up to $100m and property damage cover of up to $22.5m.

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced two businesses that it will invest in from the inaugural Blue Magic Netherlands (BMN) event last November: Emergent Swarm Solutions and Saluqi Motors.

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ZenaTech, Inc. provided an update on its subsidiary ZenaDrone’s previously announced plans to obtain the Green Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) certification and announced its intention to submit an application for the IQ Square drone at the beginning of Q3 2025.

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DroneShield announced it has received a package of five separate contracts totaling $32.2 million from an in-country reseller for delivery to a military end customer in an Asian-Pacific country. The systems are for both vehicle-mounted and fixed counter-UxS (counterdrone) systems.

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will conduct drone-detection testing in Cape May, New Jersey, between April 14-25. The FAA will operate several large drones and more than 100 commercial off-the-shelf drones during the two-week period. Testing will take place over the water and near the Cape May Ferry Terminal during the daytime on weekdays only.

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AUVSI applauds the Trump Administration’s focus on FMS reform and urges policymakers to ensure UxS are a key consideration in efforts to modernize the system and review how outdated restrictions are harming U.S. global competitiveness.

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The County of Ventura’s Economic Vitality Unit has been awarded $550,000 to establish an Advanced Air Mobility Innovation Center. The grant is part of a $9 million Catalyst Predevelopment Funding Program from Uplift Central Coast, an organization which provides strategic grants to support community-driven projects that promote equity, sustainability, and regional resilience.

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Pierce Aerospace, a dual-use aerospace technology firm and global leader in drone Remote Identification technologies, announced that it has integrated with Skylark Labs to provide new drone detection capabilities to the US-Mexico Border and beyond. This new system integration can be utilized in a variety of security applications - such as securing airspace at military bases, airports, prisons, and critical infrastructure sites.

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DroneShield announced the release of a sophisticated online platform for building bespoke counterdrone (C-UAS) solutions for any location. Hosted in the DroneShield Access Portal, the Planning Tool provides a way for customers to visualize the different elements that make up DroneShield’s layered C-UAS solution, such as coverage areas of its sensors.

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace have agreed to collaborate on the development and production of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for the global defense market.

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The Oregon UAS Accelerator, a premier program dedicated to advancing innovation in unmanned aerial systems (UAS), announced that applications are now open for its Summer 2025 Cohort.

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The University of North Dakota (UND) welcomed a distinguished military leader with more than three decades of service to advise the University on one of its grand challenges. Maj. Gen. Rodney Lewis — now retired from the Air Force — will serve as UND’s consultant to assist national security research development in a civilian capacity.

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has demonstrated software that will provide in-flight target updates that will enable the MQ-9B SeaGuardian® Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to close gaps on maritime targets. In a recent ground test, GA-ASI demonstrated the ability to send sensor data to the missile via Link 16 messaging.

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American Aerospace Technologies, Inc. (AATI) flew an around the clock mission carrying a 5lb mission payload with its AiRanger Group 3 Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS).

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Parallel Flight Technologies and MAG Aerospace announced a strategic partnership aimed at advancing drone-based solutions for defense, logistics, emergency response, and search-and-rescue (SAR) operations.

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The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) announced that Freefly Systems’ Alta X has officially achieved Green UAS certification, joining a growing roster of vetted, secure drone platforms available for government and enterprise use.

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EHang announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Guangdong EHang General Aviation Co., Ltd. and its joint venture company in Hefei, Hefei HeYi Aviation Co., Ltd., have been granted the first batch of Air Operator Certificates for civil human-carrying pilotless aerial vehicles by the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

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United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has awarded Anduril a three-year, $86,000,000 contract to accelerate the development and deployment of mission autonomy software to multi-domain uncrewed systems in support of USSOCOM missions.

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the Belgian Ministry of Defence completed the first flight of a new MQ-9B SkyGuardian® Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) that will be the first SkyGuardian delivered to Belgium as part of a four-aircraft purchase. The flight was based out of GA-ASI’s Desert Horizon Flight Operations Facility in El Mirage, California.

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BlueHalo announced that it has been selected by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) as one of the vendors to deliver geospatial data that enables analysts to gain data-quantified insight into worldwide economic, environmental, and geopolitical activity.

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HSWERX, the Department of Homeland Security’s innovation hub, awarded MatrixSpace Radar to provide advanced air detection to support uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations. The technology has potential applications across a variety of mission environments, including the DHS Customs and Border Protection agency.

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) received the prestigious EMAR/FR 145 Maintenance Organization Approval for component maintenance from the French Military Continuing Airworthiness Authority, DSAE. This approval underscores GA-ASI’s commitment to the highest standards of safety, compliance, and operational excellence in military aviation.

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MatrixSpace announced that the Palm Springs Police Department (PSPD) has expanded its Drone as First Responder program, establishing the largest first responder agency coverage area (37 square miles) monitored by radar sensors instead of humans in the United States.

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BlueHalo announced the successful live fire demonstration of its Next-Generation C-UAS Missile (NGCM)–Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1), addressing the critical need for munitions industrial base expansion to meet the rapidly evolving advanced aerial threats.

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The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) announced that four companies were awarded contracts for Artemis, a project to operationally evaluate long range, one way platforms.

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) conducted its first flight test series of the Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) using a Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) satellite constellation for aircraft communications.

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Aitech a software, services and data model solution provider, announced a partnership to deliver ruggedized AI-enabled computing solutions for mission-critical Sea, Land, Air, and Space initiatives.

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The Department of Defense has directed that the Software Acquisition Pathway be used for all DoD software capability, cutting red tape and ensuring warfighters receive cutting-edge technology faster.

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NUAIR received a Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) nearly doubling its operational and commercial airspace in the greater Syracuse region.

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