Unmanned Systems
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Unmanned SystemsPentagon Program Selects 17 Companies To Compete In Drone Bomber Qualifier
The Defense Department has invited 17 companies to compete for $32 million in prototype orders of reusable drones that would be used as bombers. The companies challenged to compete at […]
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Air ForceGeneral Atomics Delivers FQ-42 CCA To Creech AFB For Flight Testing
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) on Monday said it has delivered a new unmanned FQ-42 Vengeance aircraft to Creech AFB, Nev., for use by test and evaluation units. The […]
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Unmanned SystemsDrone Mothership Developer Modalic Gives Peek At First Production Aircraft
FORT BRAGG, N.C.—Modalic, which has been developing and flying prototypes of an autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that can be used to launch smaller drones, effectors and conduct other missions, […]
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ArmyScarlet Dragon 26.3: Interview With Col. Paul Staeheli, G3, XVIII Airborne Corps, and Col. Tom Monaghan, Director, Joint Innovation Outpost
During the Scarlet Dragon 26.3 exercise, Defense Daily’s Cal Biesecker interviewed Col. Staeheli, the operations chief for the Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps, and Col. Monaghan, who provides acquisition support and […]
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Unmanned SystemsArmy Corps Assessing Sensors, Software, C2 For C-UAS In Latest Scarlet Dragon Innovation Event
FORT BRAGG, N.C.—The Army XVIII Airborne Corps’ latest experimentation event in the series of exercises known as Scarlet Dragon that integrates a complex network of sensors, technologies and command-and-control capabilities […]
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Unmanned SystemsPerennial Autonomy, Neros Take Top Spots In Drone Dominance Gauntlet II Competitions
The Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program (DDP) on Tuesday announced the winners of the second round of a competition that featured low-cost unmanned aircraft systems employed in two mission areas—Long Range […]
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Unmanned SystemsDoD Counter-Drone Task Force Director Sees $30 Billion Annual Market By 2030
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The domestic market for counter-drone capabilities will reach $30 billion annually by 2030 and right now demand is outstripping supply, Army Brig. Gen. Matthew Ross, director of Joint […]
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Air ForceSwarm Aero Tosses Hat In The Ring For Massed Modular Aircraft
Swarm Aero on Monday unveiled Gamera, the company’s offering for the Air Force’s future Massed Modular Aircraft (MMA) to replace the current MQ-9A Reaper surveillance and strike drones. Gamera will […]
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Air ForceUSAF Discussing CCA, Increment 2 Attributes
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The U.S. Air Force is discussing requirements for Increment 2 of the service’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program. “We’re going through some thought machinations about what should Inc […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Boeing First MQ-25 Production Contract
The Navy on Monday awarded Boeing [BA] $562 million in its first MQ-25A Stingray unmanned carrier-based tanker production contract. This is a fixed price incentive contract specifically for Stingray Lot […]
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