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Alpine Eagle secures funding from European backers for counter-drone tech amid rising threats


The war in Ukraine has brought drones to the forefront of modern warfare, creating a surge in demand for counter-drone systems. However, legacy solutions

For German startup Alpine Eagle, these solutions fall short: When now-ubiquitous $500 first-person view (FPV) drones have the capacity to destroy multi-million dollar tanks, cost-effective answers are needed. Drones that are immune to RF interference can be a challenge even for Epirus, the U.S. defense tech startup co-founded by Joe Lonsdale that just raised a $250 million Series D, and whose flagship product Leonidas beams high-powered microwaves. A former LATAM & Media Editor at The Next Web, startup founder and Sciences Po Paris alum, she’s fluent in multiple languages, including French, English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.

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