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• Uavos and KACTS demonstrate remote operation for Saker-1B

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  UAVOS and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) had demonstrated their jointly developed flight control system for the Saker-1B...

• PREMIUM: IAI fixes its gaze on ground robotics

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  Increasingly, planners with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) aim to shield soldiers from danger if an unmanned system is a very capable replacement...

• PREMIUM: India develops its first man-portable tethered UAV

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  With armed and unarmed UAVs for the military a focus under the ‘Make in India’ initiative for defence equipment, Bengaluru-based Dynamatic...

• PREMIUM: Australia shortlists tactical UAV vendors

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  Australia has announced that four companies have been shortlisted for the army’s Project Land 129 Phase 3 to find a new tactical UAV system. The ...

• Orbital adds Singapore to its customer base

  1 week ago Drone Tech shephard

  Orbital UAV has signed an MoU with an unnamed large Singapore-based defence company for the design, development and low-rate initial production of...

• PREMIUM: Laser-based technology seeks to plug C-UAS gap in border security

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  Recent Israeli media reports indicate that the Light Blade (Lahav-Or) counter-UAS (C-UAS) system, developed by startup company OptiDefense, showed...

• PREMIUM: Indian Army loiters with intent

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  The Indian Army released a global RfI on 6 March for approximately 100 man-portable loitering munitions that possess a line-of-sight range of at...

• PREMIUM: ​Coyote Block 2 UAV killer on target for IOC and sales

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  Raytheon expects to begin full-rate production of Coyote Block 2 (pictured), a counter-UAS UAV which is used with the Howler counter-UAS system, in...

• HORIBA MIRA and QinetiQ to supply Dstl with UGVs

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  The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has awarded HORIBA MIRA and QinetiQ two contracts worth £5 million ($6.1 million) to develop...

• Northrop Grumman expands logistical support for MQ-4C Triton

  2 weeks ago Drone Tech shephard

  Northrop Grumman has secured an $86.2 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification from the US Naval Air Systems Command. The deal, confirmed...

• ADF picks XTEK for Wasp support

  2 weeks ago Drone Tech shephard

  XTEK is to supply spare parts for the fleet of Wasp AE small UAS (SUAS) operated by the Australian Defence Force (ADF), under a A$3.2 ...

• Hughes offers upgrade to US Army‘s Gray Eagle

  2 weeks ago Drone Tech shephard

  EchoStar Corporation subsidiary Hughes Network Systems has been awarded a data link modernisation sub-contract by General Atomics Aeronautical...

• Orbital UAV becomes Insitu primary engine supplier

  2 weeks ago Drone Tech shephard

  Orbital UAV has signed a MoU with Boeing subsidiary Insitu which identifies them as the primary supplier of two Insitu-designed engines. The MoU...

• Schiebel S2 completes heavy fuel acceptance tests

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  Schiebel announced on 9 March that it has completed heavy fuel acceptance testing of its S2 engine, which is to be used by the Royal ...

• PREMIUM: UAV procurement surge beckons for Russia

  2 weeks ago Drone Tech shephard

  Chelyabinsk-based Ural Works of Civil Aviation (UWCA) is set to become a major designer and supplier of large UAVs for the Russian armed forces in ...

• UMS Skeldar launches new V-150 UAV

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  UMS Skeldar is launching a new rotary-wing UAV with VTOL capability. The V-150 will be available to support military personnel carry out...

• DASA points to autonomous submarine development

  3 weeks ago Drone Tech shephard

  The UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has announced a potential £2.5 million ($3.2m) investment for the development of a RN XL...

• USAFRICOM confirms Grey Eagle crash

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  US Africa Command (USAFRICOM) has confirmed that one of its MQ-1C Grey Eagle UAVs crashed near Agadez, Niger on 29 February. The incident was...

• UAVOS and KACST announce new Saker-1B MALE UAS

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  UAVOS has teamed up with King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in Saudi Arabia to develop the Saker-1B MALE UAS. The two companies...

• PREMIUM: RAAF’s unmanned plans face double jeopardy

  4 weeks ago Drone Tech shephard

  Beads of sweat may be appearing on the brows of top RAAF officials and bean-counters, given the news that the USN is suspending acquisition of ...