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A General Atomics affiliate has demonstrated the use of A-size sonobuoys to remotely process acoustic and bathythermal data when deployed from an unmanned aircraft system to support U.S. Navy's anti-submarine warfare operations.

Northrop Grumman's aerospace systems business has received a potential seven-year, $53.7M indefinite-delivery requirements contract to provide component repair services for the U.S. Air Force's high-altitude remotely piloted aircraft.

Aevum has introduced an autonomous launch vehicle designed to bring satellites to low-Earth orbit. Ravn X is an 80-foot-long unmanned aircraft system with a wingspan of 60 feet and can take off with a gross weight of 55K pounds.

General Atomics' aeronautical systems business has secured a $70.7M contract modification from the U.S. Army to perform engineering and technical work on unmanned aircraft systems.

General Atomics' aeronautical systems unit has conducted a third demonstration of how the extended-range Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system could support the U.S. Army in multidomain operations. The company said Monday it used intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance payloads, long-range sensors, command and control systems and air-launched effects from industry partners during monthlong demo event.

Citadel Defense has launched a software offering designed to help government customers avoid adversarial attempts to spoof counter-unmanned aerial system platforms and enter protected airspace.

AeroVironment has unveiled an automated lightweight unmanned aircraft system designed to deliver georeferenced aerial imagery for on-site mission and verification purposes.

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business and the U.S. Marine Corps have completed the first operational flight of the company’s MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial system in the Middle East.

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.

The Department of Defense has selected a SteelCloud-made software to automate security compliance in a federal unmanned aircraft system effort.

Raytheon has received U.S. government approval to offer the country's allies an unmanned aircraft system designed to operate with a counter-drone platform.

Griffon Aerospace has received a two-year, $49.9M contract to provide the U.S. Army with unmanned aircraft system targets and associated support services.

NASA and United Technologies Corp.'s Collins Aerospace business are gearing up for the final phase of a joint project to build a data link technology designed to support unmanned aircraft system management operations in national airspace. Collins Aerospace said Thursday it has helped finance command non-payload control waveform development efforts and developed radio prototypes that could operate with CNPC during flight tests as part of a nine-year project.

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business began testing an extended-range unmanned aircraft system for use in multi-domain operations in November.

Griffiss International Airport is helping revive the aerospace industry in Central New York by serving as one of the seven designated testing sites in the country for unmanned aircraft systems, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.