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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »FAA Taps Eight Firms for Remote ID UAS Tech Requirements Dev’t Effort
The Federal Aviation Administration has selected eight companies to help develop requirements for future Remote Identification technology suppliers as part of FAA’s efforts to safely integrate unmanned aerial systems into the airspace.
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 »Army OKs Parrot for Small Drone Prototype Production
The U.S. Army has cleared Parrot, a French drone technology company, to manufacture a mature prototype of an unmanned aerial system designed to support the Short-Range Reconnaissance program.
Read More »Boeing to Conduct Integration, Testing of Australian Air Force’s ‘Loyal Wingman’ Drone
Boeing has achieved two milestones for the Loyal Wingman unmanned aircraft that the company is developing for the Australian government.
Read More »Raytheon’s Matthew Gilligan Talks Benefits of ‘Skyler’ Drone Detection Radar
Matthew Gilligan, vice president of navigation and modernization solutions at Raytheon, has said that the company’s Skyler surveillance radar will help address challenges in air traffic management, which now include emerging urban air mobility platforms.
Read More »General Atomics Demos Gray Eagle in Multidomain Operations; Chris Pehrson Quoted
General Atomics is conducting a series of demonstrations to test how the extended range variant of the Gray Eagle unmanned aerial system can support future multidomain operations, National Defense reported Friday.
Read More »Fortem Technologies Lands DoD Contract to Deliver Drone Interceptor Tech
Fortem Technologies has secured a contract of an undisclosed sum from the Department of Defense to provide approaches that will impede and counter improvised threat environments.
Read More »Northrop Conducts Debut Flight of MQ-4C Triton Aircraft; Doug Shaffer Quoted
An Northrop Grumman-designed unmanned aerial vehicle took its maiden flight on Jan. 26 and extended the U.S. military’s surveillance capabilities in the Pacific region.
Read More »Raytheon’s Evan Hunt: DoD Must Assess More Tech to Counter Mid-Sized Drones
Evan Hunt, business development director for high-energy lasers at Raytheon, has said the Department of Defense should put more focus on testing counter-unmanned aerial system technology for mid-sized drones, Air Force Magazine reported Thursday.
Read More »Leonardo-Built Remotely Piloted Air System Takes Maiden Flight
A drone Leonardo designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions took its first flight last week as part of assessment activities by the Italian air force.
Read More »Textron Eyes Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle for Marines’ Logistics Drone Program; Wayne Prender Quoted
Textron Systems believes the common unmanned surface vehicle could help meet the need of the U.S. Marine Corps for a long-range unmanned surface vessel designed to resupply troops deployed in the Pacific, Defense News reported Wednesday.
Read More »Teal Group Study: Military Drone Market Could Hit $98B by 2029
An annual study from market analysis firm Teal Group says worldwide spending on unmanned aerial vehicles is expected to grow in the next 10 years as military agencies invest approximately $98B in new strike and intelligence collection capabilities, National Defense reported Monday.
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