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The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will procure a fourth MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and upgrade its fleet of P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, the Australian Government has announced. Continue reading
After more than a year of anticipation, Leonardo and the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) unveiled a mature concept of the technology demonstrator, known as project ‘Proteus’ by the British Armed Forces, at DSEI London 2023. Continue reading
Russia’s war against Ukraine has challenged its military’s approach to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and the Russian industrial base that supports the development and production of UAVs. According to open-source intelligence, Russia lost about 300 reconnaissance and combat drones as confirmed by photo or video evidence from February 24 to September 13. Continue reading
QinetiQ has announced the launch of Jackdaw, a low-cost, high-performance ‘disposable’ uncrewed aerial system (UAS). Designed for swarming and collaborative autonomous operations including crewed-uncrewed teaming, Jackdaw will fulfil multiple missions including reconnaissance, electronic warfare, airborne decoy and threat representation. Continue reading
Elbit Systems Ltd will produce and provide the Artillery Corps of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) with the Skylark 1 Transitional Vertical Take-Off and Landing Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems (Skylark 1 eVTOL), combined with through-life maintenance services for all the IDF Ground Force’s STUAS systems (Skylark 1 & Skylark 3). Continue reading
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, is showcasing a new technology concept at this week’s DSEI Conference in London that will allow crews to autonomously launch small drones operated from inside a military vehicle; perform reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA); and then recover the aircraft without ever having to leave the safety of the vehicle. Continue reading
Ukraine’s Antonov is expanding in drone making, a presentation by the country’s umbrella defence group seen by Reuters shows, as it diversifies its core cargo plane business in response to Russia’s invasion. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, California, is awarded a $10,580,823 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001923F0173) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001922G0006). Continue reading