How Europe is building its own DARPA to counter the drone threat

Germany and Sweden are teaming up to fast-track anti-drone technology, creating a new model for European defense innovation.

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BY Chris Stokel-Walker

Germany’s SPRIND, the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation, and Sweden’s Vinnova, the country’s innovation agency, are two bodies that traditionally haven’t worked hand in hand. But the challenges the world currently faces have brought the two public innovation agencies together to back teams from across Europe building systems that can defend airports, nuclear........

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