Unmanned Systems
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Unmanned SystemsDIU Seeks Platforms For Magnetic Data Collection To Support Precision Navigation
The Defense Innovation Unit last Friday issued a solicitation seeking prototype solutions for airborne magnetic data collection platforms that would support the development of magnetic map data as an alternative […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Awards Northrop Grumman MUX TACAIR Contract
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Thursday that the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Uncrewed Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX TACAIR) Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program […]
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Unmanned SystemsMach Industries Adds Counter Drone System To Product Portfolio
Venture capital-backed Mach Industries on Thursday said it is developing and testing a low-cost system to detect and defeat small and medium-sized drones—including swarms—to protect forward operating bases and infrastructure. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAutonomy Software Firm Gambit Exits Stealth With DoD Contracts
A startup developing software that enables autonomous teaming and instant adaptation by multiple unmanned systems emerged from stealth on Wednesday, announcing it is working on two Defense Department contracts worth […]
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Business/FinancialVatn Systems Acquires Company With Subsea Acoustic Sensing And Signal Processing Expertise
Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developer Vatn Systems on Wednesday said it has acquired Crewless Marine in a deal that brings in-house an important supplier of underwater acoustic sensing and signal […]
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Air ForceConventional Wisdom On S-300 Effectiveness Called Into Question
Conventional defense wisdom has held that Russian-made long-range S-300 surface-to-air missiles (SAM) pose significant threats to U.S. military aircraft, including the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 stealth fighter, yet the Jan. […]
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Navy/USMCAutonomous Vessel Technology Developer Magnet Defense Acquires Metal Shark
Magnet Defense LLC, which is developing unmanned surface vessels (USVs), has acquired Metal Shark, a builder of patrol boats and other marine craft in a deal that gives it shipyards […]
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PentagonBozeman’s Lattice Materials To Gear Up Germanium Production
Bozeman, Montana-based Lattice Materials said that it will use an $18.5 million Pentagon award last month under the Defense Production Act to produce optical-grade germanium and silicon crystals and gear […]
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Unmanned SystemsReplicator 2 Effort Now Within JIATF-401, Director Says
The Pentagon’s 15-month old effort to acquire counter-drone solutions to protect domestic Defense Department installations and assets has fully transitioned to the new Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF)-401 from the […]
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PentagonDoD Awards First Round Of APFIT Projects Using FY ’26 Funds
The Defense Department on Monday said it has awarded over $400 million in more than a dozen contracts to aid companies in moving technologies into production under the Accelerate the […]