Lockheed Martin Corp., Liverpool, New York, was awarded a $2,998,742,163 fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-no-fee contract for Sentinel A4 radar production and engineering services. Continue reading
Teledyne FLIR Defense Partners with STORM to Extend Black Recon Missions Across More Vehicle Platforms
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, and STORM have announced a partnership that will bring Teledyne FLIR’s Black Recon vehicle reconnaissance system to RADS, the Rapid Adapt and Deploy System. Continue reading
Why Mesh Communications are Essential to Public Safety Drone Programs
Every major incident confirms the same operational truth: Response effectiveness is inseparable from communications reliability. For public safety agencies, that reality now extends well beyond voice radio. Drone programs, fixed and mobile cameras, sensors and command applications all depend on a resilient data backbone. Continue reading
AeroVironment Gets $500M US Army C-UAS and C-sUAS Contracts
AeroVironment Inc., Simi Valley, California, was awarded a $500,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of commercial counter-unmanned aerial systems and counter small-unmanned aerial systems capabilities. Continue reading
Pentagon Establishes Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Unmanned Systems
The Pentagon has announced the comprehensive consolidation of all Unmanned and Autonomous Systems (UxS) under a newly established, direct-report position to the Deputy Secretary of War. This strategic priority aims to rapidly accelerate the development, procurement, and fielding at scale of autonomous capabilities, which are essential to maintaining the United States’ decisive military advantage. Continue reading
Airbus and Brave1 Partner to Boost Ukrainian Defence Innovation
Airbus Defence and Space signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Brave1, Ukraine’s central government-led defence technology coordinator. Functioning as a joint innovation platform for the country’s ministries, military, and private tech sector, Brave1 serves as the main hub to fast-track cutting-edge battlefield technologies from concept to combat deployment. Continue reading
Quantum Systems Raises $1.2Bn Series D Raising Valuation to $8Bn
Quantum Systems has announced the signing of its $1.2 billion Series D financing round, valuing the company at ~ $8 billion on a post-money basis. The round was co-led by Blackstone, Noteus, Airbus and Advent, and supported by a high-calibre syndicate of crossover and long-term institutional investors including BOND, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Wellington Management, A.P. Moller Holding, and Elephant Lake Ventures, as well as existing shareholders such as Balderton and HV Capital. Continue reading
The Crew That Vanished: Doolittle’s Most Mysterious Aircraft – North American B-25 Mitchell
The Doolittle Raid is remembered as America’s first strike against Japan after Pearl Harbor, but one of its sixteen bombers followed a path unlike any of the others. Plane #8, commanded by Captain Edward York, never reached the Chinese airfields that were supposed to receive the raiders after the attack. Continue reading