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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a Technology Company in the Defense, National Security and Global Markets, has announced that it will manufacture Elroy Air’s Chaparral autonomous cargo aircraft in its expanding Sacramento, California production facility, supporting increasing demand across commercial logistics and defence markets while expecting to further grow its regional workforce of 450 high-tech employees by more than 50 as Chaparral production ramps. Continue reading
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has established five framework contracts for tactical and deployable Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS), offering NATO Allies and partner nations a faster, simpler route to acquire a proven defensive capability.
Chinese researchers have revealed a new technology that could soon enable drones to charge mid-flight using high-powered lasers. Continue reading
CACI International Inc. announced that as the first task order of a three-year $500 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, SkyValor, CACI’s advanced drone defense system, will be deployed to strategic locations as part of a larger national security effort led by Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) to defend U.S. interests at home and abroad against fast-growing unmanned threats. Continue reading
Russian billionaire Valery Kustov has been arrested on suspicion of fraud related to a state contract for drone production. Continue reading
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.
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
Brave1 and NATO are officially opening applications for their first joint innovation programme, UNITE – Brave NATO.