Unmanned Systems
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Unmanned SystemsJIATF-401 Acquiring Bumblebee Counter-UAS Drones For Operational Assessment
The Defense Department’s counter-drone task force has awarded a small contract to Perennial Autonomy to purchase the company’s Bumblebee V2 drones to assess them as a low-cost and low-collateral damage […]
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Unmanned SystemsLockheed Martin Enters Unmanned Undersea Vessel Space With Lamprey
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday introduced an unmanned undersea vehicle, the Lamprey, to deliver multi-mission capabilities and effects in contested maritime environments. Lockheed Martin did not identify a specific Navy […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Selects RTX, Charles River, Leidos And Saronic For Pulling Guard
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected four companies to demonstrate solutions for the Pulling Guard program that seeks semi-autonomous platforms to protect unarmed logistics vessels from asymmetric […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDIU Soliciting For Deorbit Services, Containerized Drone Delivery, New Interceptor Sensors
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Wednesday issued three solicitations seeking solutions for deorbiting satellites as a service, containerized capabilities that can launch large numbers of drones quickly, and advanced […]
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Navy/USMCBlackSea Conducts Keel Laying For New NightTrain Autonomous Logistics Vessel
BlackSea Technologies on Jan. 30 conducted a formal keel-laying ceremony marking the start of construction on its NightTrain autonomous logistics vessel. Night Train is the company’s autonomous, low-profile logistics vessel […]
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Unmanned SystemsDoD Selects 25 Vendors To Compete In First Round Of Drone Dominance Program
The Defense Department on Tuesday said it has selected 25 companies to compete in the first phase of its program to quickly acquire low-cost, one-way attack unmanned aircraft systems while […]
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Business/FinancialDrone Autonomy Company Swarmer Files To Go Public
Swarmer, a software company developing autonomy solutions to enable drones to collaborate and operate in swarms, on Monday registered to go public on the Nasdaq. The number of shares and […]
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Air ForceUkrainian Feedback Organization Cited As Means To Field Effective Systems Quickly
How can you significantly ramp up U.S. defense production and put industry on a “wartime footing,” as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed, without a full-fledged war and when it’s […]
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Business/FinancialGrid Aero Raises $20 Million As It Preps To Begin Flying Long-Range Cargo UAS
Grid Aero on Monday said it has raised $20 million in a funding round to move the Lifter Lite long-range, autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) into flight testing and use […]
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Unmanned SystemsCounter-Drone Solution For Washington, D.C.-Area Achieves IOC
A government-owned solution for detecting, identifying and responding to drone threats in the National Capital Region (NCR) has achieved initial operating capability (IOC), the Defense Department said last week. The […]