Military
The Russian army received the modernized Privet-82MK2 UAS, which the Russians themselves position as a "kamikaze drone". The enemy claims the high efficiency of this system. Russian propaganda media write about this with reference to the commander of the Sovy (engl. - Owls) drone group of the 88th
Business
* Red Cat Holdings, Inc. , a drone technology company integrating robotic hardware and software for military, government, and commercial operations, today announced it secured a $1 million contract for its Edge 130 Blue drones from the United States Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM). The contract was secured through Noble, a leading provider
First Responders
A start-up from southern Poland hopes to revolutionize rescue missions with the world’s first fully autonomous drone. The company said that for military purposes, “the drone launches in under 10 seconds without pilot training, detects and locates attackers, identifies individuals with weapons, and is disposable and cost-effective, with launch
A test Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned combat aerial vehicle deployed recently in a first-ever joint force data link integration test during Emerald Flag 2024. The Marine Corps’ “Loyal Wingman” drone provides targeting data to F-35Bs and other aircraft. “The XQ-58A effectively demonstrated its capabilities as a forward deployed sensing platform
* Silent Arrow has announced that it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase II contract in the amount of $1.25M focused on the Silent Arrow CLS-300 (“Contested Logistics System, 300nm Range”) powered cargo drone to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force
Weapons Systems / Lasers
* General Atomics is leveraging its experiences in hypersonic, railgun, and drone development in its new Long-Range Maneuvering Projectile (LRMP), a precision artillery round with wings that the company claims could hit moving targets 120 kilometers away in GPS-denied environments. The entirely self-funded project has been in the works for the
Military
The unmanned aerial system (UAS) SKAT 350M, developed by Izhevsk Aviation Plant LLC (IAZ)—a subsidiary of the Kalashnikov Group—has been officially entered into the register of products manufactured in the Russian Federation. This major step, achieved under Government Resolution No. 719 of July 17, 2015, allows the SKAT
Czech company PBS Group, in collaboration with Ukrainian firm Ivchenko Progress, has developed the AL-PBS-350, a powerful jet engine designed specifically for unmanned aerial vehicles. In cooperation with the Ukrainian company Ivchenko Progress, PBS jointly developed a new type of powerful jet engine AI-PBS-350 for unmanned aerial vehicles, which are
C-UAS
In an antidrone technology competition earlier this year, Boeing showcased a futuristic laser weapon that can punch a hole straight through a hostile aerial threat. The multinational—and several other defense giants—lost to four college students who knocked drones out of the sky using sound waves. The rookies’ device
Video
According to an interview with RAF pilot Bud Abbott, it was: “A flying abortion.” The Fairy Barracuda was freakishly constructed with high wings, a T-tail, and L-shaped landing gear. It was underpowered and impossible to see out of. Yet here it was, about to take on the mightiest ship that
Since it was formed, the Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS) has been a critical partner in Project ULTRA, a multi-entity collaboration that is bolstering the Department of Defense’s (DoD) capabilities within the National Airspace System (NAS).Just months after the public announcement, the NPUASTS has surpassed significant milestones
Military
Russian forces in Ukraine have started using drones that have received the PFM-1 anti-personnel mine dropping system. A photo of such a Russian drone was shown by radio technology specialist Serhiy Flesh. The DJI Mavic 3 drone was equipped with the anti-personnel mine drop system, which is now capable of