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A New York investment manager has been indicted for allegedly defrauding millions of dollars from investors in a sham pre-IPO scheme tied to U.S. drone-maker Anduril Industries, highlighting the risk of fraud as private tech firms grow more prominent and valuable. Continue reading
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and Federal Aviation Administrator Bryan Bedford announced the designation of two new Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) test sites in the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and through the Indiana Economic Development Corporation. These are the first new FAA-designated UAS test sites in nearly a decade. Continue reading
Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc.company, recently announced an award from Arco Worldwide Services (AWS), a Nigerian unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) Solutions provider who will be providing contracted UAS services in support of Tantita Security Services, a highly respected and capable security solutions provider within Nigeria. Continue reading
Swedish defence startup Nordic Air Defence (NAD) has announced that its interceptor drones will be hunting for Shaheds in Ukraine this winter. The company claims to be able to produce “tens of thousands” of drones per month. Continue reading
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced that it is exempting imports of some new models of foreign-made drones and critical components from a sweeping import ban adopted in December. Continue reading
Personnel assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet (NAVCENT/C5F) have successfully launched a one-way attack drone from a ship at sea for the first time. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, San Diego, California, has been awarded a $142,483,296 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-reimbursable, indefinite-delivery requirements contract modification (P00017) to previously awarded (FA8539-21-D-0001) to award and to exercise Option Year 5 and to award Option 6 for test, teardown and evaluation, repairs, and management of national stock numbers of the RQ-4B Global Hawk Unmanned Air-Vehicle System. Continue reading
US and Polish soldiers have been demonstrating the Merops drone interceptor – an American-made counter-UAV system that’s been proving its worth in Ukraine. US officials said each drone costs roughly $14,500, about 10% of the cost of the Shahed drones Russia uses to attack Ukraine. Continue reading