BAE Systems has been selected by Boeing to upgrade and modernize the vehicle management system computer (VMSC) for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 unmanned aerial refuelling system. Continue reading
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WhiteFox Awarded $1M Phase I of a South Asia Drone Defense Contract
WhiteFox Defense Technologies, a supplier of advanced airspace management and counter-drone defense solutions, recently secured a significant $1 million contract. This milestone agreement, marking the first phase of a comprehensive multi-phase project, is aimed at bolstering the safety and protection of vital infrastructure and lives in South Asia. Continue reading
Australia to Invest a Further $260M on Next Generation Loyal Wingman Drone
The Australian Government has secured hundreds of highly skilled jobs while driving innovation in Australia’s local defence industry with the allocation of an additional A$399 million (USD 260M) for the ongoing development of the MQ-28A Ghost Bat. Continue reading
SkeyDrone Upgrades Antwerp-Bruges Port Area to Unifly’s NextGen UTM System
Unifly and SkeyDrone have announced a significant upgrade to the Port of Antwerp-Bruges’ (PoAB) Unmanned Aerial System Traffic Management (UTM), DronePortal, a cutting-edge UTM application developed by Unifly. Continue reading
Construction has Started on Baykar Drone Plant in Ukraine
Turkish defence company Baykar has started building a factory near Kyiv that will employ around 500 people and where it will manufacture either its TB2 or TB3 drone models, the company’s chief executive told Reuters. Continue reading
Russia’s Purchase Price for Iranian Shahed-136 Drones Revealed
A hacker group called the Prana Network broke into the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) email servers and grabbed data on the sale of Shahed drones to Russia. Continue reading
French Navy Orders Additional Airbus Maritime Drones
As part of the SMDM contract (“Systèmes de Mini Drones aériens embarqués de la Marine”), Survey Copter, an SME and Airbus Defence and Space subsidiary and a supplier of light tactical unmanned aerial systems has signed an additional firm order with the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) to supply the French Navy with 15 onboard systems (30 aircraft) of Aliaca fixed-wing electric UAS, plus associated training and integrated logistics support. Continue reading
GA-ASI Gets $17M USAF Support Contract for Italian Air Force MQ-9s
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a face value $16,928,439 cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-priced contract modification (P00003) to previously awarded contract FA8689-23-C-2013. Continue reading