UK security and defence company Arturius is set to build a Counter Threat Centre of Excellence (COE) in Thailand to analyse any threats that the country faces. The company has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Thai Government organisation Defence Technology Institute (DTI) and local representative GCS Group Corporation Company. Continue reading →
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Drone Aviation’s $1.7M US DoD Contract for WASP Tactical Aerostat
Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, has announced that it has delivered its multi-mission capable tactical Winch Aerostat Small Platform (“WASP”) to the Department of Defense (“DoD”) under a contract award valued in excess of $1.7 million. Continue reading
Orbital and Insitu Extend LTA by Five Years
Orbital Corporation Ltd has announced the expansion of its Long Term Agreement (‘LTA’, the ‘Agreement’) with Insitu Inc. (Insitu), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company. The Agreement builds on Orbital UAV’s existing partnership with Insitu and increases the scope, scale and term of work outlined in the original LTA, signed in December 2016. Continue reading
Spain Procures Aeronautics Orbiter
The Spanish Ministry of Defence has selected the Aeronautics Orbiter 3 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to help monitor its forces’ bases during overseas missions. Continue reading
General Atomics Gets $442M US Army Gray Eagle Contract
General Atomics, Poway, California, was awarded a $441,634,278 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for procurement of technical services for U.S. Army Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Continue reading
Japan’s Terra Drone Acquires Stake in Inkonova
Terra Drone, a global commercial drone technology company, has acquired a significant stake in Swedish aerial robotics for underground mining startup, Inkonova AB. Continue reading
China to Sell 48 Wing Loon UAS to Pakistan
China will sell 48 high-end military drones to its “all-weather ally” Pakistan in what a military observer said will be the largest deal of its kind, official media reported on Tuesday. Continue reading
AeroVironment Gets $13M USAF RQ-11B Raven Contract
AeroVironment, Inc. has announced the United States Air Force awarded the company a $13 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract on Sept. 30, 2018 forRQ-11B Raven small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to support Latin American and Caribbean nations. Continue reading







