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SpaceNGA Awards Planet $22M Luno B Option For Maritime Domain Awareness
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded Planet Labs [PL] a $22 million option on a contract begun last year to provide unclassified artificial intelligence-enabled data analytics for U.S. Combatant […]
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Navy/USMCRTX Nabs $516 Million Contract For More SPY-6 Radar Support
The Navy awarded RTX [RTX] a $516 million modification on June 2 that exercises an option to continue integration and production support for the SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar […]
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Unmanned SystemsDroneShield Awarded $13.8 Million By JIATF-401 For Anti-Drone Systems On Southern Border
The Pentagon’s counter-drone task force on Tuesday said it has awarded Australia’s DroneShield a $13.8 million contract to provide counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) that detect and mitigate drone threats for […]
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Navy/USMCAustralia Will Only Buy Used Virginia SSNs For AUKUS; UUV Tech To Be Pillar II Signature Project
The defense ministers of the three AUKUS partners last Saturday announced Australia will now exclusively buy used American Virginia-class attack submarines (SSNs) and that the first “signature project” of Pillar […]
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Unmanned SystemsLow Radar Cross Section Of MQ-28 Ghost Bat Validated, Boeing Says
Boeing [BA] said on Monday that it has validated the low Radar Cross Section (RCS) of the company’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat drone. “The MQ-28’s RCS reduces the range that enemy […]
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Unmanned SystemsMotorola Solutions To Acquire Counter-Drone Company D-Fend For $1.5 Billion
Network and security company Motorola Solutions [MSI] on Monday said it has agreed to acquire D-Fend Solutions, an Israel-based provider of radio frequency systems to detect and counter threats from […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNATO Accelerator Program Includes Two U.S. Firms For Prototyping, Potential Adoption
A NATO defense innovation accelerator on Friday said it has awarded small contracts to five vendors, including two U.S. companies, to prototype their solutions for operational readiness ahead of potential […]
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InternationalState Department Approves Nearly $4.7 Billion In Helicopters To South Korea, Support To India And Missiles For Belgium
The State Department on Monday approved over $4.7billion in two potential Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programs for helicopters to South Korea as well as support services to India military equipment […]
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Unmanned SystemsDemand Signal For L3Harris’ Vampire Counter-Drone System Exceeds $1 Billion, Executive Says
An affordable counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) L3Harris Technologies [LHX] began developing five years ago that Ukrainian forces have used since 2022 to fend off Russian drone attacks has a kill […]
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Unmanned SystemsAustralian AI Sensor Startup Arkeus Raises $18 Million To Help Expand In U.S, Europe
Australia’s Arkeus has raised $18 million in a Series A round to help developer of artificial intelligence-enabled hyperspectral sensors to expand and scale manufacturing in Australia, the U.S. and Europe. […]