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The U.S. Army has awarded a $10.64 million contract for Raybird unmanned aircraft hardware and services to Skyeton Inc., the American arm of Skyeton, a Ukrainian company that has spent the past several years proving the drone in combat over Ukraine. Continue reading
The U.S. Navy awarded a fixed-price incentive contract valued at $562 million to the Boeing Company for Lot 1 of the low-rate initial production of the MQ-25A Stingray carrier-based unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. , Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, JobsOhio and the Dayton Development Coalition have announced that GA-ASI is expanding its footprint with a new 22,000-square-foot innovation hub in Dayton, Ohio, focusing on hardware and software development for U.S. Air Force (USAF) programs.
At a signing event on September 8 at MSPO, the International Defence Industry Exhibition, Shield AI,Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A. (PGZ) and Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze nr 2 S.A. (WZL-2) signed a letter of intent to partner on the design, production and delivery of X-BAT, and on sustaining it in Poland. Continue reading
The French Aeronautical Maintenance Directorate (DMAé) has placed an additional order with Airbus Helicopters following the successful evaluation of an initial U050 Capa-X system acquired at the end of 2025. Continue reading
AeroVironment, Inc. announced that it has received its first international purchase order for the LOCUST Laser Weapon System. The landmark, first of its kind direct commercial sale (DCS) order, valued at more than $50 million, marks a significant milestone in the global adoption of AV’s directed energy counter‑drone capabilities. Continue reading
The Italian Air Force has ordered two new MQ-9A Block 5 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.. When the new aircraft are delivered at the end of 2027, they will increase the size of the ItAF fleet. Continue reading
Echodyne, the radar platform company, has announced that KONGSBERG has selected Echodyne’s MESA radar platform for a range of air and surface applications. Among the first use cases, KONGSBERG has integrated MESA radar into the PROTECTOR RS4 and PROTECTOR RS6 remote weapon stations (RWS), adding the precision radar data needed to turn the world’s most widely deployed RWS family into a highly effective counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) effector. Continue reading