Unmanned Systems
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Unmanned SystemsJIATF-401 Beefs Up Counter-Drone e-Commerce Site With Contract To Kaizen
Since May, a software startup focused on improving user interfaces and experiences in application layers has been under contract to expand and improve the Pentagon’s counter-drone marketplace to make it […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUSVs For Logistics, 3D Printing And Advanced Manufacturing Enjoy “Organic Demand” During RIMPAC
A major international maritime exercise that wrapped up last week around the Hawaiian Islands demonstrated the value of unmanned surface vessels (USVs) used to ferry parts and materials from shore […]
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Unmanned SystemsDoD Makes Potential $820 Million Loan Commitment To Drone Company To Mass Produce Components
Flexing new authorities to dramatically increase its loan commitments, the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has made a conditional loan commitment of up to $820 million to Performance Drone […]
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Air ForceUSAF Looking at ISR Niches for Group 2 and Group 3 Drones
DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force is examining niches that Group 2 and Group 3 drones could fill in the service’s future intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) network. This month, the […]
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Unmanned SystemsElroy Air Demonstrates Multiple Unattended Delivery Modes With Cargo Drone
Elroy Air on Wednesday said it recently demonstrated three modes of autonomous cargo delivery for the Army using the company’s fixed-wing hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The demonstration at […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAV Teams With Applied Intuition In Pursuit Of Army’s Launched Effects Opportunities
AeroVironment [AVAV] on Wednesday announced a strategic teaming agreement to integrate its Mayhem 10 platform with Applied Intuition’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and strike software, aimed at pursuing the […]
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Unmanned SystemsNavy Seeks Vendor-Neutral USV Maintenance Framework
The Navy last week issued a Request for Solutions (RFS) notice to find a self-sufficient maintenance sustainment and training framework that can work with its evolving fleet of Unmanned Surface […]
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Air ForceF135 Engine Core Upgrade Set For Key Design Review Next Month, As CCA Engine Picture Clarifies
DAYTON, Ohio—Pratt & Whitney‘s [RTX] Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) for the F-35 fighter’s F135 engine is to have a critical design review (CDR) in August. After CDR, ECU is to […]
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Unmanned SystemsCounter-Drone Company Led By Former Trump Acting SecDef Gets Seed Investment
FPF Defense, a startup developing a counter-drone platform with kinetic interceptors to defeat Shahed-type threats, has received a strategic investment co-led by RSE Ventures and Ondas Holdings [ONDS]. The seed […]
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Unmanned SystemsSaronic Partners With Samsung Heavy Industries For Unmanned Shipbuilding
Saronic announced a new strategic partnership with South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries on Thursday to help accelerate development of autonomy-capable maritime systems and technologies that aim to improve the U.S. […]