AeroVironment will supply additional tactical missile systems to the U.S. Army and a foreign military sales customer under a two-year, $45 million contract. The exercised option is for the Switchblade 300 deployable loitering munitions, designed to engage targets beyond the line of sight, and the award is part of the potential $146 million Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile Systems contract announced in May 2020, AeroVironment said Tuesday.
Read More »Oshkosh-Hanwha Team Submits Bid for Army OMFV Combat Vehicle Program
South Korea-based armored troop carrier developer Hanwha and Oshkosh, a maker of military trucks, have partnered to pursue the U.S. Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program that seeks to replace the service's M2 Bradley infantry vehicles, Breaking Defense reported Monday. The Oshkosh-Hanwha team joins the other four confirmed industry groups that have submitted bids for the Army’s OMFV program.
Read More »Army Taps AeroVironment to Update Avionics Tech for Raven sUAS Fleet
AeroVironment has received a $20.9 million contract option to provide data link and avionics technology packages to update radio frequency elements of the U.S. Army's Raven unmanned aerial systems. AeroVironment said Thursday the contract action serves as the second option year of the potential $55 million flight control systems area of the Army's five-year Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems award.
Read More »AeroVironment Subsidiary Wins SOCOM UAS Task Order
An AeroVironment subsidiary has won a one-year, $7 million task order to provide unmanned aerial system-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services to U.S. Special Operations Command.
Read More »Errol Farr Named Government Business Development VP at Auterion
Errol Farr, former senior director of strategy and business development at AeroVironment, has joined Auterion to serve as the drone software company's vice president for government business development. Farr will oversee business development activities related to Auterion's offerings to security and defense customers, the company said Wednesday.
Read More »AeroVironment Offers New Antenna Kit to Expand C2 Range of UAS
AeroVironment has unveiled a new lightweight antenna add-on kit designed to expand the command-and-control range of unmanned aircraft systems to provide operators with increased operational capabilities. The company said Thursday its new Extended Range Antenna comes in a small scale in terms of size, weight and power and produces a narrowed beam width that extends C2 coverage by a maximum of 24.9 miles.
Read More »Report: Global Military Drone Market to Reach $24B by 2027
A Fortune Business Insights report estimates that the global military drone market will grow to $23.78B by 2027 at a 12.12 percent compound annual growth rate partly driven by the increase in military spending in major world economies.
Read More »Viasat Partners With AeroVironment Under Army Contract to Advance UAS Platforms
Viasat has partnered with AeroVironment to enable flying small UAS platforms to deploy a robust, on-demand, highly-secure communications network under a contract awarded under the U.S. Army Reconfigurable Communications for Small Unmanned Systems (RCSUS) initiative, Viasat reported on Thursday. Viasat will work with AeroVironment to develop and demonstrate advanced, encrypted communications for AeroVironment's portable, hand-launched Puma AE tactical UAS.
Read More »AeroVironment Unveils New ‘Switchblade’ Loitering Missile; Wahid Nawabi Quoted
AeroVironment has introduced new additions to its Switchblade family of loitering missile systems designed to handle munitions and electro-optical/infrared payloads for detecting, tracking and engaging targets beyond the line of sight.
Read More »Corporate Finance Vet Jikun Kim Named Momentus CFO
Jikun Kim, former chief financial officer of 3D printing technology provider Formlabs, has taken the same role at in-space transportation company Momentus.
Read More »AeroVironment Introduces Battery, Launcher Options for Small Tactical UAS Product Line
AeroVironment has unveiled two optional features for its portfolio of small tactical unmanned aircraft systems that are equipped with electro-optical/infrared imaging and plug-and-play components.
Read More »AeroVironment Introduces Quantix Recon UAS
AeroVironment has unveiled an automated lightweight unmanned aircraft system designed to deliver georeferenced aerial imagery for on-site mission and verification purposes.
Read More »AeroVironment to Deliver Puma 3 AE Drone Under Navy, Marine Corps Contract
AeroVironment won a $10.6M contract to deliver a portable unmanned aircraft system and associated spares in support of the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy's Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems program.
Read More »AeroVironment Tests Updated Switchblade Tactical Missile System
AeroVironment conducted flight tests for a larger variant model of a missile platform designed for military combat operations, FlightGlobal reported Friday.
Read More »Alliance Seeks to Expand Connectivity With Stratospheric Vehicles
Several U.S. and international companies that include Intelsat formed an alliance to drive the adoption of high-altitude platforms that are designed to operate in the stratosphere and provide network connectivity around the world.
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