Military
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a $25,396,875 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for United Kingdom MQ-9 contractor logistics support. This contract provides contractor logistics support for the MQ-9A and ground control station to the Royal Air Force. This contract provides for the field service representative, repair and
AI
An artificial intelligence-powered airspace monitoring system is set to be installed to enhance protection of the nation's capital with the potential to scale across other Defense Department and U.S. government installations and systems . The upgraded visual recognition , identification and warning system delivers a tenfold increase in performance
A German-Russian dual citizen has been arrested in Germany on allegations of violating the country’s foreign trade act multiple times by exporting electronic components to a company in Russia involved in the production of military materiel and accessories. The suspect, who was only identified as Waldemar W. in line
Ingenuity and innovation remain at the heart of the U.S. military's strategic advantage as it confronts the pressing challenges in the Indo-Pacific, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said as she unveiled the Defense Department's initiative aimed at directly countering the People's Republic
Business
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated has signed a contract with Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, Norway, valued at roughly $31 million to provide its Cerberus XL mobile counter-unmanned aerial system (UAS) as part of a total C-UAS solution for Ukraine. The agreement includes delivery of the surveillance platforms
Testing
Sentient Vision Systems has successfully completed live demonstrations of its AI-enabled ViDAR (Visual Detection and Ranging) payload deployed on Edge Autonomy’s VXE30 UAS. The VXE30 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) solution is the latest and most advanced version of the 'Stalker' series of small uncrewed aerial systems
First Responders
This summer, a group of residents in a leafy suburb of the Greek capital united in determination to prevent the nightmare of wall of flames that devours forests, farmland and homes. In less than a week in early August, an initial group of three people with a shared concern grew
On the night of 26-27 August, the military counterintelligence service of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) struck Russian Su-30 and MiG-29 aircraft, as well as S-300s and Pantsirs, at the Russian military airfield in Kursk with 16 drones. Ukrainska Pravdaʼs sources indicate that kamikaze drones attacked four Su-30 and
Regulations
In 2022, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) requested public comment about how a new breed of wing-in-ground-effect craft (WIGs) might benefit the offshore energy industry. The agency asked if such craft, which share attributes with both aircraft and maritime vessels, should also be subject to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
DRONE ENABLE 2023, ICAO's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Industry Symposium will be held from 5 to 7 December 2023 in Montréal, Canada. The theme of DRONE ENABLE 2023 is "Innovation and infrastructure developments supporting the future of unmanned aviation". The symposium will bring together key stakeholders from
Regulations
The vision of integrating unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, into airspace alongside traditional manned aircraft is rapidly becoming a reality. UAS play a pivotal role in accomplishing a wide array of critical tasks, and as our utilization of these systems increases, so does our proficiency in operating and handling them.
Weapons Systems / Lasers
Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered a miniaturized high-energy laser source to the U.S. government. The laser is ruggedized for field use and miniaturizing it allows for rapid placement in tactical situations. * The 10kW class high-energy laser, known as Phantom, is about 12 cubic feet (nearly the size of a