Unmanned Systems
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAutonomy Driving Startup Forterra Raises $75 Million For Tech Acceleration
Self-driving technology startup Forterra on Tuesday said it has raised $75 million in an oversubscribed Series B funding round to accelerate its efforts for defense and industrial customers, and lower […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Developing Standards-Based Acquisition For Unmanned Technology
A Navy official this week said the service is trying to develop a standards-based approach for unmanned acquisitions, but admitted getting industry to all agree on the standards is a […]
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Business/FinancialAeroVironment Reports Record First Quarter Sales As Switchblade Continues To Power Growth
AeroVironment [AVAV] on Wednesday reported record first quarter fiscal year 2025 revenue driven by its soaring loitering munitions business and the company also benefited from robust demand for its other […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Outlines Next Steps For New Autonomous Resupply Vessel And Landing Ship Medium Experimentation
The Marine Corps is preparing to move an autonomous resupply vessel to the Japan-based 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) to conduct field testing this fall, an official said Wednesday. […]
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ArmyDrones, Counter UAS, Electronic Warfare, Spending Flexibility Will Feature In Army’s FY ’26 Request, Wormuth Says
Based on lessons being learned from the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War and the U.S. Army’s needs to be part of the joint fight in the Indo-Pacific region, the service plans to […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Official Touts Progress With Capable, Low-Cost Counter-Drone Systems As T-REX Wraps Up
CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind.—Industry is making progress developing highly capable, low-cost technologies to counter drones on the battlefield, a Defense Department official said here on Tuesday during an experimentation effort designed […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyShield AI Touts Collaborative Flights Of Two AI Piloted Unmanned Jets
Shield AI and its partner Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] recently demonstrated coordinated autonomous flights of two unmanned jets piloted by Shield AI’s artificial intelligence platform in airspace shared […]
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Unmanned SystemsHicks: Speed in Affirming Systems Meet Command Needs Key in Replicator
As industry awaits the debut of military service program of record requests for Replicator in the upcoming fiscal 2026 budget, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said on Wednesday that accelerating […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAuterion, ModalAI, Neros Selected To Prototype sUAS Solutions In Contested EMI Space
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Wednesday said it has selected solutions from three companies to demonstrate and test commercial dual-use technologies in small drones to be able to operate […]
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Air ForceAFCENT Looking for Endurance Drones to Fill New Requirement
U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT)’s Task Force-99 wants to buy new Group 3 low-speed endurance drones weighing between 60 and 200 pounds, a low payload capacity of 5 to 22 […]