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Minehunting AUVs for UK Royal Navy

The AUVs will be powered by Seebyte's Neptune fleet autonomy software, which uses adaptive goal-based planning to provide optimal mission execution

Apr 13, 2022
QinetiQ to Support Future Royal Navy UAS Operations

QinetiQ will provide its experimentation expertise and its Banshee Jet80+ unmanned aerial targets to assist in the training of the Royal Navy’s Aircraft Carriers for real-world scenarios

Apr 13, 2022
Charles River Analytics to Develop USV AI for US Navy

The AI balances the visibility requirements in shipping lanes with the need for stealth in open waters

Apr 07, 2022
REMUS 300 Selected for U.S. Navy Next Generation Small UUV Program

The REMUS 300 UUV is designed to advance distributed maritime operations by conducting critical underwater missions

Mar 31, 2022
Elbit Systems UK Provides Swarm UAS for British Army 

The company will provide five swarms of six UAS to be used for surveillance, with the capability to fly and continuously monitor, scan and discover for up to eight hours

Mar 31, 2022
Indra Develops SATCOM for Long Endurance Defense Drones 

Indra’s new Satellite Communications (SATCOM) system will operate on both civilian and military communications bands, offering bandwidths of up to 20 megabits per second

Mar 29, 2022
Meteksan Defence to Showcase Unmanned Maritime Defense Systems

Products on show at DIMDEX 2022 include the ULAQ USVs and a 6x6 mobile coastal control station vehicle

Mar 21, 2022
Insitu Leads Team to Deliver Tactical UAS to Australian Army 

In service globally, Insitu Pacific’s Integrator is a proven, expeditionary UAS that delivers enduring multi-domain effects to enable a 24/7 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability

Mar 17, 2022
Teal Drones to Compete in US Army SRR T2 Drone Program

The company will develop a next-generation drone prototype that is based on the Army's technical system requirements of the Short Range Reconnaissance Tranche 2 (SRR T2) program and competes for the SRR T2 production contract

Mar 17, 2022
Silent Arrow Wins Defense Contract for GD-2000 UAS

Silent Arrow’s GD-2000 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) platform has been selected for a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Warfighter Lab...

Feb 22, 2022
Skydio X2D Drone Chosen for U.S. Army Short Range Reconnaissance Program

Skydio has confirmed that its X2D UAS (unmanned aerial system) has been selected for the U.S. Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance...

Feb 11, 2022
Additional Autonomous Minehunting System for Royal Navy

The Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Mine Hunting Capability (MHC) Team has awarded ATLAS ELEKTRONIK UK a contract to deliver an...

Feb 03, 2022
US Army Awards Contract for Tethered Aerostat Technology

COMSovereign Holding Corp.’s Lighter Than Air Systems subsidiary, Drone Aviation, has been awarded a multi-unit, $8.4 million subcontract from a U.S. Government prime...

Jan 24, 2022
US Navy Conducts Underwater Explosion Shock Test on UISS

The Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) has announced the successful completion of Underwater Explosion (UNDEX)...

Jan 12, 2022
Subsonic Aerial Target Drones for US Navy and Allies

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.’s Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems (KUAS) has been awarded a $50 million contract for the delivery...

Jan 05, 2022
Successful AI Autonomy Testing for Navy Uncrewed Submarine

VIZGARD’s FortifAI was deployed on the Royal Navy’s eXtra-Large Unmanned Underwater Vessel (XLUUV) to successfully trial its autonomy-enabling capabilities

Jan 01, 2022
Skeldar V-200 UAS Provided to German Navy

UMS Skeldar’s V-200 unmanned helicopter has been provided to the Bundeswehr (Armed Forces of Germany) for use on board the...

Dec 13, 2021
Royal Australian Navy Awards ScanEagle UAV Sustainment Contract

Insitu Pacific has been awarded a three-year contract extension by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) for the sustainment of its...

Dec 09, 2021
DriX USV Selected by Polish Navy

iXblue has confirmed that its DriX USV (unmanned surface vessel) has been purchased by the Hydrographic Office of the Polish...

Dec 09, 2021
UAS Swarm Capability Demonstrated to Royal Netherlands Army

Elbit Systems has demonstrated its Robotic Autonomous Systems (RAS) capabilities for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions utilizing heterogeneous autonomous...

Nov 29, 2021
Five New Unmanned Helicopters for Greek Navy

The Greek Navy has signed an agreement with Alpha Unmanned Systems (AUS) in Spain and Altus LSA in Greece for...

Nov 19, 2021
Portable Autonomous Kayak Survey System Developed for US Navy

Charles River Analytics has been awarded a contract by the US Navy to develop an outrigger add-on that will turn...

Nov 12, 2021
Unmanned Aerostat Supports US Navy Program

Carolina Unmanned Vehicles (CUV) has confirmed that it has supported the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) by providing its Small...

Nov 04, 2021
Orbital UAV Supports US Navy Unmanned Cargo Transportation

Orbital UAV has entered into an agreement to provide unmanned cargo transport specialist Skyways with a heavy fuel engine that...

Nov 01, 2021
Final Contract Option Exercised for US Army UAS Radio Frequency Modifications

The U.S. Army has exercised the third and final option under the Flight Control Systems (FCS) domain of its multi-year...

Oct 27, 2021
Dual Enclave 100G Ethernet Switch Aligned to Army CMOSS and SOSA Technical Standard

Spectranetix, Inc. has announced the released of the SX-153, a ruggedized 3U OpenVPX high-speed, high-performance system switch solution. With a...

Oct 27, 2021
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