Military, Defense & Security News & Articles

Here’s our round-up of the five most read articles on UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com this week

Taking place 20-21 September 2023 at Four Points by Sheraton, San Diego, Unmanned Systems West is an international forum for capability advancement and collaboration regarding UAS, UGV, USV, UUV and robotics

Mobilicom's MCU-70 expands communications range to 100 miles with improved link performance, more power, better resilience and durability

The teaming technology enhances mission effectiveness through greater situational awareness and decision making capabilities

Quantum-Systems, Airbus Defence and Space, and Spleenlab will combine resources and experience to demonstrate and analyze the AI building blocks required for swarms of tactical UAS

The US Army seeks a rucksack-portable drone to provide platoons with rapidly deployable reconnaissance capability

DARPA’s ANCILLARY program plans to flight demonstrate innovative aircraft configurations and critical technologies needed for a low-weight, large-payload, long-endurance VTOL uncrewed X-plane

The training is focused on skills required to operate the Block 5 drone and its equipment, including the Multi-Spectral Targeting System, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Mission Intelligence Station, and System for Tasking and Real-Time Exploitation 

SYPAQ Systems and Tanglewood Group will work together to support further sales of SYPAQ’s Corvo PPDS, a fixed-wing autonomous system which can covertly deliver payloads with a high level of accuracy and reliability

The Teal 2 drone joins a select group of US DoD-approved drones that are NDAA compliant, validated as cyber-secure and safe to fly, and are available for government purchase and operation

HENSOLDT is working with Sener Aerospace & Defence to deliver the Wide Band LOS Ku data link of the Eurodrone program incorporating cybersecurity capabilities

Drone training on Draganfly systems will be provided to new Ministry of Internal Affairs pilots each year, including National Police, National Guard, State Border Guard, Armed Forces, Special Forces Security, and Emergency Services

Firefly’s reliable airframe can be reconfigured as a conventional takeoff (wheeled, catapult or rocket assisted), or eVTOL in the all electric configuration (like most aerial threats these days), or piston engine hVTOL

Elbit Systems will provide the first three upgraded Watchkeeper X tactical UAS with advanced capabilities including the Spectro XR multi-spectral electro-optical payload, new communication capabilities and more

The partnership will incorporate ScioTeq’s certified Next-Gen PU-5200 Avionics Display Computer platform and Projected CAPacitive (PCAP) touch-based Rugged Display Unit RDU-4047 into GA-ASI’s Ground Control Station

Athena’s AI technology has successfully performed target recognition and battle tracking for a nighttime flight of Red Cat’s Teal 2 drone

The approval for SkyLink C-band radios at Choctaw Nation advances riskier BVLOS operations by enabling essential C2 infrastructure to operate on aviation-protected spectrum alongside other frequencies to deliver reliable command and control capabilities

New engine prototypes for Textron Systems’ Aerosonde® UAS have been delivered by Orbital UAV

The integration allows for a system that can track multiple threats and then engage with high-powered microwave countermeasures, providing critical defensive capabilities for military customers

The partnership brings together the strength and expertise of each company to create a modular-base Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV), called WaLoc

Offering modular sensor-fusion and mitigation flexibility in the field, including Radio Frequency (RF) detect and defeat, as well as camera and radar, DedroneTactical was showcased during the Airspace Awareness & Protection Conference 2023

The F100 will propel the Darkhorse to speeds of around Mach 2.8, where a ramjet will take over at the transition point, propelling Darkhorse to its target velocity of Mach 5

The training program involved Draganfly’s innovative Situational Assessment UAV technology, which was used to train personnel from the Main Department of the State of Emergency Services Cherkasy Region Ukraine

iMUGS created a European-wide architecture for ground and aerial platforms, command, control, and communication equipment, sensors, payloads, and algorithms, addressing challenges for interoperability, perception, and decision-making

The US Army has selected Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Voly-T UAV for Option 1 of its FTUAS Increment 2 program with the potential for additional contract award options of up to 21 months

During EDGE23 at Yuma Proving Ground, a single soldier used Lattice for Mission Autonomy software to conduct pre-mission planning, operational analysis, and command and control of multiple uncrewed aircraft