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CACI International Inc. announced that as the first task order of a three-year $500 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, SkyValor, CACI’s advanced drone defense system, will be deployed to strategic locations as part of a larger national security effort led by Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) to defend U.S. interests at home and abroad against fast-growing unmanned threats. Continue reading
Ukrainian deftech company Twist Robotics has signed an agreement to establish a joint venture with Danish Vidar Industries. The partners will jointly produce Twist Robotics’ Saker UAVs for the European market: Scout, Hetman, and Hunter.
Brave1 and NATO are officially opening applications for their first joint innovation programme, UNITE – Brave NATO.
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, has announced that it has received a significant order from AeroVironment, Inc. to deliver its Argus XL counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) platform as part of AV’s Titan Multi-Sensor (MS) C-UAS counter-drone solution for the U.S. Air Force. Continue reading
Governor Josh Stein announced that Skyeton, Inc., a manufacturer of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), will create 162 new jobs in Cumberland County, North Carolina. The company will invest more than $3.1 million in Fayetteville to establish its first flagship manufacturing operation in the United States.
Anduril’s first Ohio-made unmanned, semi-autonomous aircraft rolled off the production line Monday, just four months after its beginning.
At the Farnborough International Airshow on July 22, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Thales Belgium, Octave Intelligence plc (which includes Luciad NV), and dotOcean signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on integration- and manufacturing-related activity for the operation of multi-domain Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems for the MQ-9B SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft manufactured by GA-ASI. Continue reading
Visionary Machines and Thales have announced a collaboration to trial a combined counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) detection capability, bringing together Visionary Machines’ ability to passively detect, classify and range drones with Thales’ wide-area scanning hardware, to deliver a new standard in passive protection against evolving UAS threats. Continue reading