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Denver based UAS consulting company Apex Unmanned and UK technology company RelmaTech have agreed to collaborate on promoting the many benefits UAS Remote Identification and tracking technologies can offer. Apex Unmanned and RelmaTech are partners in the State of Nevada team recently selected by NASA to execute the NASA Unmanned
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The US Army has given Textron AAI and Martin UAV $99.5 million each to provide scout drones for testing as possible replacements for the current Shadow, the service announced. By January, six brigades will get sample drones to use in training, including high-intensity wargames at Combat Training Centers, and
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Belgium's planned procurement of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has taken a step forward after the US State Department announced on 26 March that it had approved the deal. Announced by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), the approval for
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Cyberhawk Innovations Limited, a provider of UAV inspection services and asset visualisation software, has been acquired by funds advised by Magnesium Capital LLP, a London-based private equity firm. Acuity’s Andy Lister advised Cyberhawk on the transaction. Cyberhawk combines highly experienced UAV pilots and inspection engineers with its cloud-based, AI-enabled
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Sabrewing Aircraft Company, Inc. and the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island (ACSPI), the Unangan (Aleut) Tribe of Native Alaskans, located on St. Paul and St. George, Pribilof Islands, jointly announced that they have signed a history-making agreement for Sabrewing to provide a mix of up to ten aircraft – featuring
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Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded a $17,452,196 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement. This order provides for technical services, training, site survey and activation teams, and program management to sustain and support ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle sites in Afghanistan. Work will be
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) is positioning its MQ-9 Reaper medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to meet a requirement in Malaysia to boost maritime surveillance capability. Terry Kraft, GA-ASI's regional vice-president for international strategic development in Southeast Asia, told Jane's that the company
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Aria Insights, formerly known as CyPhy Works, has shut down, The Robot Report has learned. Danvers, Mass.-based Aria Insights raised $39 million over seven funding rounds, according to Crunchbase. The last funding came in June 2018 when it raised $4.6 million in debt financing. The company was primarily
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Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designers at General Atomics in Poway, California, will provide the U.S. Air Force with four new MQ-9 Block 5 Reaper attack drones and four mobile ground-control stations under terms of a $123.3 million contract announced last week. Officials of the Air Force Life Cycle
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems was awarded a $123 million contract for four MQ-9 Reaper drones for the Netherlands. The not-to-exceed $123,293,911 contract (FA8620-19-F-2310) provides for four MQ-9 Block 5 unmanned air vehicles, four Mobile Ground Control Stations, spares, and support equipment. Work is expected to be complete by
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DroneShield and Saudi Arabia's national telecommunications company Saudi Telecoms Company (STC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) committing to the exploration of the potential for collaboration on counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (C-UAV) opportunities for government customers in the Middle East. The Public Telecommunication Co also known as STC
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Stockholm-listed construction and engineering company Eltel AB has won an Israeli Ministry of Defense tender to supply drones to the Israeli army, an Israeli defense ministry spokeswoman said in a message sent to Calcalist. Eltel prevailed over Israeli defense contractors Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., government-owned defense contractor Israel Aerospace