Unmanned Systems
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CongressHouse Panel Wants Coast Guard To Examine UAS For Its Medium Endurance Cutters
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee last week introduced a bill that would direct the Coast Guard to study deploying unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) it uses on its fleet of […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Accelerates Flight-Testing For Unmanned VTOL Aircraft Effort
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has sped up the start of flight-testing by more than a year of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drones in an attempt to […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Says Budget Request Includes $13 Billion For Autonomy And Related Systems
The Defense Department is requesting $13.4 billion in fiscal year 2026 for autonomous systems and autonomy technology, the first time it has ever broken this out as its own category […]
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Business/FinancialAeroVironment Posts Strong Fourth Quarter, Sees More Of the Same In New Year
AeroVironment [AVAV] on Tuesday evening reported strong fourth quarter results driven by record revenue and a handsome bottom-line. Sales in the quarter grew 40 percent to a record $275.1 million […]
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CongressCotton Plugs Bill to Increase COCOM Counter-Drone Authority
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), said that U.S. adversaries may target the nation’s bases domestically and abroad with attack drones, hidden in […]
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Air ForceU.S. Needs to Examine First Person View and Kamikaze Drones, Grynkewich Testifies
The U.S. Air Force may need a significant increase in its drone force to help defend Europe, if Russia tries to invade Eastern European nations beyond Ukraine. Dedicated close air […]
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Unmanned SystemsSRC Sees Delivery Moving Forward Of Counter-Drone Equipment To Qatar
The first international sale of a fixed-site counter-drone system used by the U.S. Army is moving forward, SRC Inc. said on Monday. The $1 billion foreign military sale (FMS) is […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNorthrop Grumman Unveils Testbed For Autonomy Software
Northrop Grumman [NOC] last week unveiled Beacon, what it calls a “testbed ecosystem” that brings together its flight hardware with autonomy software solutions from other vendors to evaluate and quickly […]
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ArmyArmy Chief Says Organic Industrial Base Could Manufacture Drones And Related Parts
Parts of the Army’s organic industrial base (OIB) would be better used for scaling production of drones and their parts than some of the things currently being produced, the service’s […]
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BudgetCollins Slams Army’s Decision To Cancel Robotic Combat Vehicle
The chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday knocked the Army’s recent decision to cancel a robotic ground vehicle program that she said is a testament to the innovation […]