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For years, the MQ-1C Gray Eagle has occupied the skies for division-sized formations, but it requires a runway to launch. As battlefields become more complex, autonomized and rife with contested airspace, the U.S.Army wants a more advanced drone that isn’t tied to a runway and can finish the mission even if it loses connection with its operator. Continue reading
U.S. Marines at Camp Pendleton used the M1014 shotgun in live counter-drone training during Exercise Steel Knight 25. The drills show how frontline units are adding practical, close-range tools to handle fast, low-flying aerial threats. Continue reading
– Indra Group has reached an agreement with the CPS Group to acquire Wake Engineering’s unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) technology, with the aims of further strengthening its standing in the market and accelerating the development of capabilities so as to respond to the Special Modernization Programs and the huge potential for international growth in the field. Continue reading
– Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, recently announced that it has been awarded a $42.5 million contract by the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command for Delivery Order 3 of its Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-L) program. Continue reading
– Schiebel has successfully completed the first CAMCOPTER S-300 flight test campaign in France, marking an important milestone in the programme’s progression. Continue reading
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), in close collaboration with U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401), U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, announced top-performing solutions for the Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft System (C-sUAS) Low-Cost Sensing (LCS) challenge. Continue reading
– Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and XTEND collaborated to integrate the XTEND Operating System (XOS) into Skunk Works’ MDCX autonomy platform, allow simultaneous Command and Control (C2) of multiple classes of UAS, creating improved situational awareness for lower-level mission execution in joint all-domain C2 (JADC2) scenarios. Continue reading
Germany has inaugurated a Joint Drone Defence Centre [Gemeinsames Drohnenabwehrzentrum] (GDAZ) in Berlin to better detect and neutralize unauthorized drones in the future, with operations set to commence in January. Continue reading