Unmanned Systems
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Unmanned SystemsSaildrone And Lockheed Martin Test Fired Missiles Off USV During RIMPAC
Saildrone and Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Thursday announced they test fired two Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) launches from a Saildrone Surveyor unmanned surface vessel (USV) during the Navy’s 2026 Rim […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyThinKom Nabs Army Award To Begin Testing Prototype High-Power Microwave For Countering Drones
ThinKom this week said the Army has awarded it a potential $46 million contract to deliver up to four prototype fire-on-the-move counter-drone high-power microwave (HPM) systems for field testing beginning […]
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Navy/USMCREGENT Demonstrated Autonomous Seaglider At Navy Drone Event
Rhode Island-based seaglider developer REGENT on Tuesday said it successfully demonstrated its Squire seaglider drone over almost two weeks at the Navy’s Silent Swarm experimentation event last month. Silent Swarm […]
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Air ForceAir Force Interested In New, Lower-Cost Aerial Targets
The Air Force is looking into new aerial targets that have lower costs than the more than $1 million Kratos Defense [KTOS] BQM-167A and the Boeing [BA] QF-16, a retired […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyArmy To Test And Evaluate Elroy Air’s Hybrid-Electric VTOL Under New Contract
The Army this week awarded a $46.1 million contract to Elroy Air to test and experiment with the company’s Chaparral autonomous hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft for heavy […]
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Air ForceAnduril Says 2nd CCA Exercise With Air Combat Command’s EOU Featured Multiple Daily Sorties Of YFQ-44A
Anduril Industries on Tuesday said that its YFQ-44A Fury prototype for the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program flew multiple daily sorties during a second exercise last month with […]
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Air ForceF.E. Warren’s 90th Missile Security Operations Squadron To Buy DJI Drones For Counter-UAS Testing
The 90th Missile Security Operations Squadron (MSOS) at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., plans to buy Chinese DJI unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from a small business or businesses to conduct counter […]
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Unmanned SystemsSaildrone Boosting Presence In Europe To Support USV Growth
Saildrone on Tuesday said it is expanding its presence in Europe for the construction of two of its unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to fulfill the company’s first production contracts outside […]
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Unmanned SystemsCENTCOM Creating Multinational Task Force For One Way Attack Unmanned Systems
Seeking to leverage capabilities from regional partners, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has launched a multi-domain, multinational task force that will use one-way attack unmanned systems, including aircraft, surface vessels and […]
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Business/FinancialAEVEX Agrees To Acquire BlackSea Technologies To Access Unmanned Maritime Systems
AEVEX Corp. [AVEX] on Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire BlackSea Technologies in a deal worth up to $650 million that would add a robust portfolio of unmanned surface […]