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India has put its plan to acquire 30 Predator armed drones from the US on the back burner, on account of its focus on indigenous development and manufacturing, as well as the prohibitive cost involved. Apparently the Pentagon has been informed of the decision. Continue reading
SMART SHOOTER, an Israeli designer, developer, and manufacturer of innovative fire control systems that increase the accuracy and lethality of small arms, has received an order from the Dutch Army and will provide them with its SMASH AD solution for operational use. Continue reading
UAV Factory announced that the Company has rebranded and will go to market as Edge Autonomy following its recent merger with Jennings Aeronautics (“JAI”). Edge Autonomy brings together two small unmanned aerial vehicle platforms and camera payload manufacturers, and represents a new chapter for a unified, innovation-driven company to lead the market in multi-domain unmanned and autonomous systems applications. Continue reading
Award-winning Australian autonomous mapping and data analytics startup Emesent is ready to execute its ambitious global expansion plans after closing an oversubscribed AUD 32 million (USD 23M) Series A round. Continue reading
Epirus, a developer of directed energy systems and power management solutions, announced $200 million in Series C funding, bringing the company’s total financing raised to-date to $287 million. With a valuation of $1.35 billion, the company is uniquely positioned as a robust technology provider. Continue reading
Experts from the leading European Drone Data and Workflow platform FlyNex and APD Integrated Drone Services (APD Inc.) are now collaborating to support large companies in the energy, telecommunication, security, infrastructure, agricultural, international cooperation, and public sector in Ibero-America in the entire process of implementing mission planning, processing, artificial intelligence, and reporting. Continue reading
L3 Technologies Inc. Communication Systems-West Subsidiary, Salt Lake City, Utah, was awarded a $74,441,282 hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract for production, depot maintenance and sustainment for software and hardware to produce and deliver components for the RQ-7Bv2 Shadow UAS. Continue reading
Pierce Aerospace, a US-based supplier of commercial and government Remote Identification technology, announced a new partnership with London, United Kingdom-based Iceni Labs. Iceni Labs focuses on mission-critical science and frontier technology development and commercialization. Continue reading