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Albers Aerospace has made an investment in Lusby, Maryland-based Hop Flyt to help the latter further improve the design, develop and produce military versions of its electrical vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, ExecutiveBiz has learned. Hop Flyt is working on military versions of three unmanned aircraft systems – Squall, Cyclone and Vortex – and Albers […] More
A Textron subsidiary will help the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command handle unmanned aircraft system operations for the USS Miguel Keith expeditionary sea base under a five-year, $22 million contract. Textron Systems will utilize the Aerosonde UAS equipped with mission payloads to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance work aboard the ESB-5 vessel, the company […] More
The U.S. Army is soliciting white papers from vendors to determine industry interest in demonstrating fixed or mobile capabilities that can counter threats posed by Group 3 small unmanned aircraft systems. Interested stakeholders should only submit white papers if their proposed systems are ready for testing by May 2023, according to a project announcement published […] More
General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business and the U.S. Army have completed a trial run of a ground modernization software suite installed on a prototype of the Gray Eagle Extended Range unmanned aircraft system. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, the software’s developer, conducted the flight test with the Army Unmanned Aircraft System Project Office at Fort Stewart […] More
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has completed the first flight tests of a new computer system designed to enhance the performance of the Gray Eagle Extended Range unmanned aircraft in contested environments. The Flight Control Module system trials were held by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. on Sept. 13 and 14 at a testing facility in […] More
Boeing has received a four-year, $47.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to gear up for the low-rate initial production of unmanned MQ-25 Stingray refueling tankers. The service branch will use fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement funds for the advance acquisition contract to cover lot one LRIP production and delivery services, the Department of Defense said […] More
The Defense Innovation Unit and the office of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment have announced the addition of several small unmanned aircraft systems to the Department of Defense’s cleared list of drones as part of the second iteration of the Blue sUAS project. The approved drones are Intense Eye V2 from Blue […] More
A General Atomics affiliate secured a contract to supply eight extended-range units of the Reaper unmanned aircraft system and is scheduled to commence initial aircraft delivery in the winter. The Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron-3 plans to use the MQ-9A ER platform for littoral regiment training as part of the Force Design 2030 strategy, the […] More
An industry team led by Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business and KBR’s wholly owned subsidiary Kord conducted live-fire exercises of a 50 kilowatt-class laser mounted on a Stryker armored vehicle at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico and demonstrated the capability of the weapon system to counter multiple 60mm mortar rounds and drones. […] More
The U.S. Army is soliciting proposals for a potential five-year, $88 million contract to provide design and engineering support services for Group I unmanned aircraft systems. The service branch plans to compete the Soldier UAS Design and Engineering Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract as a small business set-aside program, according to a solicitation published Friday. Group I […] More
BlueHalo has announced the delivery of its laser weapon platform, LOCUST, to the U.S. Army for integration into the service’s Palletized High Energy Laser system. The P-HEL program launched by the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office seeks to address the increasing threat posed by small unmanned aircraft systems through the development of counter-sUAS […] More
General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has installed initial factory updates on the Gray Eagle-Extended Range unmanned aircraft system in an effort under a U.S. Army-funded program to better prepare the aircraft for multi-domain operations. The company said Monday it partnered with the Army to demonstrate MDO capabilities including internally mounted long-range sensors, computer-based and handheld […] More
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