AeroVironment Inc. just released this video showing a Simulated Sensor to Shooter mission demonstration of a Puma AE small unmanned aircraft system and Switchblade 300 tactical missile system.
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“The integration of the Kratos Valkyrie aircraft system configured with the world’s best multifunction mission systems from Northrop Grumman results in a high-capability CCA at a price point that enables the unmanned systems to be deployed in mass with manned aircraft.”
France has conducted a series of experimental trials assessing the feasibility of releasing drones from a military transport aircraft, using an A400M as the test platform.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced that it is exempting imports of some new models of foreign-made drones and critical components from a sweeping import ban adopted in December.
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems of San Diego, California, has received a $142.5 million contract modification for work on the RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system.