AeroVironment, Inc. has announced the receipt of a one-year, $75,930,901 funded contract award on April 30, 2020 from the United States Army for procurement of the company’s Switchblade loitering missile system. Continue reading
Category Archives: Weapons Systems
Dynetics to Increase Power of US Army Laser Weapons
Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, is playing an integral role in the U.S. Army’s weapon modernization initiatives, where the latest directed energy weapon is increasing its power from a 100 kW-class system to a 300kW-class system. Continue reading
AeroVironment Gets $76M US Army Switchblade Contract
AeroVironment Inc, Simi Valley, California, was awarded a $75,930,901 hybrid (cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price) contract to procure the Switchblade Weapon System.
Liteye Expands Counter UAS Layered Approach with Raytheon Missiles & Defense’s Phaser
Together with its Colorado based teammate Numerica, Liteye Systems, Inc. has seen significant success in approaching the UAS problem-set through a collaborative and layered strategy. Continue reading
India Issues Global RFI for 100 Loitering Munition Systems
India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has invited responses by 7 April from foreign original equipment manufacturers and assorted vendors to its request for information (RFI) on the intended procurement of 100 man-portable loitering munition systems for the Indian Army (IA). Continue reading
Raytheon Coyote Block 2 C-UAS Weapon Approved for International Sales
The Coyote Block 2 counter-drone weapon and KuRFS radar worked together to detect and engage a target in a recent test over the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona
The U.S. government has cleared Raytheon Company to sell the Coyote Block 2 counter-drone weapon to approved allied nations as part of the Howler counter-drone system. Continue reading
Ukraine Unveils New RAM Loitering Munition
Ukraine has unveiled a new lightweight catapult-launched loitering weapon system, dubbed RAM. Continue reading
US Army Approves Raytheon’s Coyote Block 2 C-UAS for Foreign Sales
Coyote Block 2 C-UAS’s four rocket-assist boosters that help get the missile off its rails
The US Army has approved Raytheon’s Coyote Block 2 counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) for Foreign Military Sales (FMS). Continue reading