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– Reliable Robotics, has announced that it will provide automated aircraft to the United States Air Force. The contract includes the purchase, integration, and test of the Reliable Autonomy System (RAS) onboard a Cessna 208B aircraft. Continue reading
One of Russia’s largest drone manufacturers, AO Kronstadt, is on the verge of bankruptcy after months of financial turmoil and mounting lawsuits, Russian media reported. Continue reading
– Heven, has announced a strategic collaboration agreement with NextTech Solutions (NTS), a systems integrator and federal technology provider based in the United States. Continue reading
– Epirus, a high-growth technology company, has announced the opening of a new office within Lawton Fort Sill’s Fires Innovation Science and Technology Accelerator (FISTA) Innovation Park, a leading center for technological advancement and home to the Joint C-sUAS University based in Lawton, Oklahoma. Continue reading
German unmanned weapons systems startup Stark has raised $62 million in fresh funding led by Sequoia Capital, boosting its valuation to $500 million. The latest round has drawn interest from 8VC, Thiel Capital, the NATO Innovation Fund, In-Q-Tel (the CIA’s venture arm), Project A, and Döpfner Capital. Continue reading
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company has announced a new U.S. Army contract that will fund Black Hawk modernization engineering efforts. The initial $43 million contract award will focus on foundational capabilities for modernization: enhancement of the airframe and inclusion of a digital backbone capability to allow for rapid unmanned aerial systems (UAS) integration. Continue reading
– AeroVironment, Inc. has announced the successful delivery of its Group 2 P550 small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) to the U.S. Army as part of the Long-Range Reconnaissance (LRR) program to support training and operations for Transformation in Contact (TiC) brigades. Continue reading
The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency has signed a contract with a British company, Operational Solutions Ltd. (OSL), for the purchase of new anti-drone systems. The systems being acquired are known as anti-drone systems, also called “Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems,” or C-UAS, which will protect bases as well as stationary objects and installations from drones. Continue reading