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Fortem Appoints Military Vet Wayne Phelps as Federal Business Development Director

Wayne Phelps, a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel and a former senior project manager for unmanned aircraft system at SAM Companies, has joined Fortem Technologies as a director who will drive its federal business development. His responsibilities include supporting the Pleasant Grove, Utah-based defense company’s efforts to evolve and acquire more work with government […] More

by Christine Thropp May 20, 2021, 5:05 am
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Longbow, NASA to Establish UAS Flight Corridor; Lou Glaab, Marco Sterk Quoted

NASA and The Longbow Group will develop flight test corridors for unmanned aerial systems in Hampton Roads, Virginia, under a Space Act Agreement. Longbow will work with NASA’s Langley Research Center to develop and assess a concept of operations for beyond visual line-of-sight flight corridors for advanced air mobility UAS in support of BVLOS operations […] More

by Jane Edwards May 18, 2021, 5:05 am
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Report: Defense Tech Startup Anduril Eyes New Funding Round
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Air Force Seeks Info on New Capabilities for Next-Gen Multirole UAS

The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to provide information as it seeks to create a new capability development pipeline for next-generation multirole unmanned aerial systems.

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by Jane Edwards March 10, 2021, 5:27 am
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Asylon Secures Decisive Point Funding to Support Drone Software Development

Venture capital firm Decisive Point has made an investment of an undisclosed sum in drone technology manufacturer Asylon to help accelerate the latter's development of autonomous system software and infrastructure for defense and security clients.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers March 4, 2021, 4:41 am
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Self-Driving Software Developer Shield AI Raises $90M in Funding Round

Defense technology company Shield AI has secured $90 million in a round of Series C equity and debt financing led by venture capital firm Point72 Ventures. The company will use the funds to further integrate into additional defense platforms its self-driving software, called Hivemind.

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by Jane Edwards February 25, 2021, 3:55 am
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Navy Wants New Underwater Surveillance Drone for Ocean Research, Fleet Support

The U.S. Navy has released a request for proposals for autonomous glider technologies that could support the service branch's oceanographic survey and anti-submarine warfare missions, Defense News reported Wednesday.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers February 18, 2021, 4:07 am
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Measure to Provide Software for Air Force’s Drone Engineering Operations

Aerial intelligence technology maker Measure has received an award from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to provide software to support the service branch's drone engineering operations.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers February 10, 2021, 3:30 am
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Navy Announces Requirement for New Vertical Lift Capability
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Robot Dog, Small Drone Map Indoor Threats in Rafael's Tech Demo

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems combined a small unmanned aerial system and a Ghost Robotics-built robot dog to map and identify indoor threats using optical scanning and artificial intelligence for a tech demonstration held in December, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday.

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by Jane Edwards January 7, 2021, 4:14 am
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Military Tech Developer Anduril Raises $200M

Defense technology startup Anduril has raised $200M in a recent funding round, which increased the company's value to $1.9B, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers July 6, 2020, 7:30 am
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Navy Taps GA-ASI to Supply MQ-9A Reaper UAS, Mobile Ground Stations

The U.S. Navy has awarded General Atomics' aeronautical systems business a $26.9M contract to provide MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial systems and a mobile control station to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and persistent strike activities.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers June 23, 2020, 4:51 am