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Autonomous Minesweeper USVs Under Development for Royal Navy
Autonomous Minesweeper USVs Under Development for Royal Navy

Atlas Elektronik UK has been awarded a contract to build three autonomous Combined Influence Minesweeping systems, also known as SWEEP,...

Jan 21, 2021
AI-Enabled UAV Demonstrated to U.S. Army
AI-Enabled UAV Demonstrated to U.S. Army

Scientific Systems Company, Inc (SSCI) has successfully flown its Robotic Autonomous Platform for Tactical Operations and Reconnaissance (RAPTOR) autonomous Unmanned...

Jan 18, 2021
Trakka and DroneShield Announce Counter-UAS System
Trakka and DroneShield Announce Counter-UAS System

Trakka Systems has partnered with DroneShield and produced the TIPS-C, an overt early detect and neutralizing counter-solution to the UAS hazard

Jan 08, 2021
Counter-Drone Technology Supports U.S. Army Exercise
Counter-Drone Technology Supports U.S. Army Exercise

DroneShield has provided several of its C-UAS (counter-unmanned aerial systems) solutions for dismounted, mounted, and fixed-site drone detection in support...

Dec 31, 2020
REMUS 100 UUVs Delivered to German Navy
REMUS 100 UUVs Delivered to German Navy

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has delivered a batch of new REMUS 100 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to the German Navy....

Dec 29, 2020
Meteksan Defense Develops Unmanned Vehicle Subsystems & Tactical USVs
Meteksan Defense Develops Unmanned Vehicle Subsystems & Tactical USVs

Meteksan Defense, a leading developer of state-of-the-art components, radar and communication technologies for the defense and security industries, as well...

Dec 14, 2020
Latest Configuration of Shadow Tactical UAS Ordered by US Army
Latest Configuration of Shadow Tactical UAS Ordered by US Army

The U.S. Army has ordered 36 of the new Block III configuration of Textron Systems’ Shadow tactical unmanned aerial systems...

Dec 05, 2020
High-Frequency Sonars Selected for Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force UUVs
High-Frequency Sonars Selected for Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force UUVs

Thales and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have entered into a contract to provide Thales’ SAMDIS High Frequency Synthetic Aperture Sonar...

Nov 27, 2020
Helikite Tactical Aerostat Provided to Defense Program
Helikite Tactical Aerostat Provided to Defense Program

Carolina Unmanned Vehicles (CUV) has delivered two of the company’s 45 cubic meter Allsopp Helikite tactical unmanned aerostats to support...

Nov 26, 2020
NVIDIA Turing-Based GPGPU Card Launched for Defense AI Applications
NVIDIA Turing-Based GPGPU Card Launched for Defense AI Applications

EIZO Rugged Solutions has launched the Condor GR5-RTX5000, a fully-ruggedized 3U VPX form factor graphics and GPGPU (general purpose graphics...

Nov 15, 2020
Rheinmetall Mission Master UGV Trialled by Dutch Army
Rheinmetall Mission Master UGV Trialled by Dutch Army

Rheinmetall’s Mission Master UGV (unmanned ground vehicle) has been selected to undergo a two-year Concept Development & Experimentation (CD&E) program...

Nov 15, 2020
First Robotic Combat Vehicle – Light Delivered to U.S. Army
First Robotic Combat Vehicle – Light Delivered to U.S. Army

QinetiQ and Pratt Miller Defense have delivered the first Robotic Combat Vehicle – Light (RCV-L) to the U.S. Army Combat...

Nov 13, 2020
TE Connectivity Acquires Aerospace & Defense Relay Manufacturer
TE Connectivity Acquires Aerospace & Defense Relay Manufacturer

TE Connectivity has acquired DRI Relays Inc., a designer and manufacturer of hermetically sealed electro-mechanical relays, time-delay devices, and sockets...

Nov 01, 2020
Maritime Defense and Security USV Tested
Maritime Defense and Security USV Tested

UTEK has performed sea trials with its new USV (unmanned surface vessel) for maritime security and defense applications, the Kaluga...

Oct 26, 2020
US Army UAVs to Gain Enhanced Encrypted Communications
US Army UAVs to Gain Enhanced Encrypted Communications

Viasat and AeroVironment have partnered on a project funded by the U.S. Army Reconfigurable Communications for Small Unmanned Systems (RCSUS)...

Oct 25, 2020
Helicopter-UAV Teaming Demonstrated at British Army Experiment
Helicopter-UAV Teaming Demonstrated at British Army Experiment

Leonardo has successfully demonstrated integrated teaming capabilities with the company’s manned AW159 Wildcat helicopter and a semi-autonomous UAV (unmanned aerial...

Oct 21, 2020
Autonomous Reversing Developed for US Army Trailer-Towing UGVs
Autonomous Reversing Developed for US Army Trailer-Towing UGVs

Robotic Research has updated its AutoDrive-M autonomy kit with a Retrotraverse capability that allows autonomous trucks with trailers to reverse....

Oct 09, 2020
StreamCaster MANET Radio Selected for US Army Tactical Network
StreamCaster MANET Radio Selected for US Army Tactical Network

Silvus Technologies has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to provide its StreamCaster commercial mobile ad hoc network...

Oct 05, 2020
Successful Naval Defense with MIMO & MANET Radios
Successful Naval Defense with MIMO & MANET Radios

Triad RF Systems has released a tech brief that details the use of MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) MANET (Mobile-Ad-Hoc...

Oct 03, 2020
New Gyro and IMU Modules Launched for Space & Defense Applications
New Gyro and IMU Modules Launched for Space & Defense Applications

Sensonor has launched new high-accuracy tactical-grade MEMS gyro and IMU (inertial measurement unit) modules that draw on the company’s wide...

Sep 22, 2020
DTC Mesh Radios Integrated onto U.S. Army Tactical Network
DTC Mesh Radios Integrated onto U.S. Army Tactical Network

Domo Tactical Communications (DTC) has integrated its MANET (Mobile Ad-hoc Networking) Mesh radios, equipped with the company’s latest MeshUltra COFDM...

Aug 31, 2020
Insitu Pacific Develops Tactical UAS Solution for Australian Army
Insitu Pacific Develops Tactical UAS Solution for Australian Army

Insitu Pacific has partnered with Nova Systems to develop a proposed solution for Phase 3 of the Australian Army’s LAND...

Aug 27, 2020
U.S. Army Robotic Combat Vehicles Program Phase 1 Completed
U.S. Army Robotic Combat Vehicles Program Phase 1 Completed

Persistent Systems has successfully completed Phase I of the U.S. Army Robotic Combat Vehicles (RCV) program, in which it has...

Aug 19, 2020
U.S. Department of Defense Selects New Counter-UAS Solution
U.S. Department of Defense Selects New Counter-UAS Solution

The U.S. Army’s Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems office (C-sUAS) Office (JCO) has selected CACI International Inc.’s (CACI) CORIAN counter-drone...

Aug 16, 2020
Swiss Army Selects Indago 3 UAS for Tactical ISR
Swiss Army Selects Indago 3 UAS for Tactical ISR

Lockheed Martin has been contracted to provide a specially adapted fleet of the company’s Indago 3 small unmanned aircraft systems...

Jul 31, 2020
CAMCOPTER S-100 Tendered for Australian Army Tactical UAS Phase 3
CAMCOPTER S-100 Tendered for Australian Army Tactical UAS Phase 3

Schiebel Pacific and Raytheon Australia have partnered to submit a tender to provide the CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS for the Australian...

Jul 27, 2020
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