Russian billionaire Valery Kustov has been arrested on suspicion of fraud related to a state contract for drone production. Continue reading
Ukrainian-Danish Venture to Build 12,000 SAKER Military Drones Annually
Ukrainian deftech company Twist Robotics has signed an agreement to establish a joint venture with Danish Vidar Industries. The partners will jointly produce Twist Robotics’ Saker UAVs for the European market: Scout, Hetman, and Hunter.
US Army and Auriga Space to Develop Low-Cost Electromagnetic Weapons Against Drone Swarms
Auriga Space and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (DEVCOM AC) have signed a three-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to advance electromagnetic (EM) accelerators as a lower-cost, high-cadence solution to counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Continue reading
Applications Open for First Joint Ukraine – NATO Innovation Grant Programme
Brave1 and NATO are officially opening applications for their first joint innovation programme, UNITE – Brave NATO.
Teledyne FLIR Defense to Support AV’s Titan MS C-UAS Solution for US Air Force
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, has announced that it has received a significant order from AeroVironment, Inc. to deliver its Argus XL counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) platform as part of AV’s Titan Multi-Sensor (MS) C-UAS counter-drone solution for the U.S. Air Force. Continue reading
Ukraine’s Skyeton to Open a Manufacturing Plant in North Carolina
Governor Josh Stein announced that Skyeton, Inc., a manufacturer of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), will create 162 new jobs in Cumberland County, North Carolina. The company will invest more than $3.1 million in Fayetteville to establish its first flagship manufacturing operation in the United States.
Inzpire (QinetiQ Group) Gets 3-Year NATO MQ-9B Training Contract
Inzpire, a provider of defence training services in the UK and part of the QinetiQ Group, has won a three-year contract with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), becoming the first UK defence company to instruct on the MQ-9B remotely piloted air system.
Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech – the Supersonic Plane that Made its Pilots Sick
The Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech was supposed to solve one of aviation’s biggest postwar problems by combining the instant throttle response of a propeller aircraft with the speed of a jet fighter. Instead, it became one of the most infamous experimental aircraft ever built. Continue reading