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Airbus Helicopters and the Spanish Navy successfully completed a tactical flight trial earlier this month in Rota, Spain. The exercise integrated the offshore patrol vessel Rayo with a Spanish Navy H135 helicopter and two different unmanned aerial systems, the Airbus Flexrotor and Alpha Unmanned Systems´ A900 using the HTeaming solution. Continue reading
Perennial Autonomy announced that it has been awarded an enterprise-wide, three-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) with a $500 million ceiling with the U.S. Department of War (DoW). Joint Interagency Task Force 401, the lead organization to synchronize counter-UAS (C-UAS) efforts across the Department of War, coordinated the contract. Continue reading
The milestone marks a major step forward in the Navy’s commitment to unmanned carrier aviation. An LRIP Lot 1 contract for three aircraft is expected to be awarded this summer and include priced options for Lot 2 (3 aircraft) and Lot 3 (5 aircraft). Continue reading
Northrop Grumman has been named a winner in the Department of War’s Drone Dominance Program Lethality Prize Challenge, securing its role as one of five preferred payload providers to identify and scale advanced payloads capable of complementing the rapidly growing production of small drones. Continue reading
Ondas Inc., a provider of advanced autonomous systems and next-generation defence and security technologies, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Omnisys Ltd., an Israeli developer of AI-powered Battle Resource Optimization (BRO) software for multi-domain defence planning and real-time decision-making. Continue reading
The Estonian applied research centre and national metrology institute Metrosert is establishing a nearly €7 million drone technology laboratory in Tallinn. The lab will focus on testing the radar visibility of devices and systems, as well as their resilience to electromagnetic interference. Continue reading
Chinese researchers have developed a new approach to significantly enhance the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries, a breakthrough that could one day enable drones to fly much farther on a single charge. Continue reading
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. has unveiled STORM SHIELD, a miniature electronic warfare (EW) system developed specifically for unmanned aerial platforms. The system makes its international debut at the AOC Electronic Warfare conference in Helsinki, Finland. Continue reading