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MQ-4C Tritons at a Northrop Grumman test facility in Palmdale, California
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, is awarded a $172,424,000 modification (P00004) to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract (N00019-19-C-0008). This modification exercises options for the production and delivery of two MQ-4 Triton unmanned air systems for the Navy, one Navy main operating base, trade studies and associated technical and administrative data. Continue reading
SKYLOCK – part of the Avnon Group, and an anti-drone provider of solutions for governments, critical infrastructures and HLS organizations – is highlighting the DRONELOCK system for locating, detecting and neutralizing drones using an interception drone at the Singapore Airshow 2020.
DRONERESPONDERS has arrived in Latin America. AIRT and APD Humanitario officially unveiled the spanish language-based initiative during a special week-long workshop for emergency services professionals held from January 21-25 in the capital city of Colombia. Continue reading
UAS/UAV and spatial management technology company RelmaTech has confirmed that truly-global identification and tracking of all flying and moving objects is technically and commercially viable. This represents a significant leap toward achieving continuous geographic coverage and global access to multi-device tracking services. Continue reading
The Russian military may have shot down two drones that belonged to the U.S. Armed Forces in the eastern Mediterranean last night, the Russian aviation website Avia.Pro reported. Continue reading
Adani Elbit Advanced Systems, a joint venture between Adani Defence & Aerospace and Elbit Systems of Israel, said that it has started exporting Hermes 900 unmanned aerial platform to international customers. Continue reading
Alphabet’s Loon LLC and SoftBank Corp.’s HAPSMobile Inc. have announced that they successfully developed a communications payload for HAPSMobile’s HAWK30, a solar-powered unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that flies in the stratosphere. Continue reading
Fortem DroneHunter
Fortem Technologies has announced it was awarded a contract with the Department of Defense (DoD) through the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). The contract will help to counter and deter improvised threat networks. Continue reading