Electronic Sub-Systems
Fortem Technologies, Inc., a Salt Lake City, Utah-based company developing advanced radar systems for unmanned and manned aircraft, announced that it has closed a $15 million Series A funding round led by DCVC (Data Collective) with key participation from Boeing and Mubadala Investment Company, as well as Manifest Growth, New
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Turkish unmanned aircraft producer Baykar Makina signed an agreement on Wednesday to export six armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to Qatar's armed forces. Under the agreement, six Bayraktar TB2 armed UAV Platforms, three ground control station systems and equipment, and a UAV training simulator will be delivered within
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Esina Alic has been named Insitu President and Chief Executive Officer, assuming the role effective April 5. Alic rejoins Insitu from adidas in Germany where she served as senior vice president of Global Operations, Strategy and Programs. Prior to adidas, she held a number of senior executive positions in business,
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Airspace Systems has built what it calls “kinetic capture” technologies, which currently consists of a ground-based system that identifies an offending unmanned aircraft, then launches its own drone to chase it down, fire a tethered net at it and carry it away. But the compmay has shifted attention from simply
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AeroVironment, Inc. has announced that a major country in the Middle East has awarded the company a contract valued at $44.5 million (USD) for Puma II AE small UAS featuring the new Mantis i45 sensor. “This contract for the ground forces of a Middle East regional power, and our
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DroneShield Ltd has announce that ForcePro, one of the Company’s European distributors, has placed an order for the Company’s DroneSentinel product, as well as two DroneGun units. The DroneSentinel version ordered by the distributor is in a “light” radar/radio frequency detection sensor configuration. The radar used in
Commercial
NATS, a UK air traffic services provider, and fast-growing UK-based drone traffic management solutions company Altitude Angel, have entered a strategic partnership that lays the foundation for a future whereby drones and manned aircraft could safely co-exist in the UK’s busy skies. The two organisations have entered a long-term
Weapons Systems / Lasers
The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $150 million contract, with options worth up to $942.8 million, for the development, manufacture and delivery of two high power laser weapon systems, including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and counter-Unmanned Aerial System (counter-UAS) capabilities, by fiscal year 2020. With the
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Boeing has announced Queensland will be the home for its new autonomous systems development program, with the three-year "rapid innovation program" expected to see the aerospace giant develop autonomous systems capability to increase the independent operation of air and sea vehicles. During a press briefing , Boeing Autonomous Systems
VTOL
A fleet of Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) were commissioned by MDA, a Maxar Technologies company, to fulfil a contract with an international customer. Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS was chosen by MDA for its impressive track record of providing critical support in sea- and land-based intelligence,
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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has joined forces with Starburst, a global accelerator focused on Aerospace & Defense sectors. This innovative collaboration is expected to be the first step in realizing IAI's objectives to become a significant technological player and strategic partner for startups in the Aerospace & Defense
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Delair, a supplier of drone solutions for commercial industries, has announced an agreement with Frontier Precision, a provider of UAV sales and support to commercial users in the Western United States. As part of the agreement, Frontier Precision will operate Delair’s first service centers on the ground in the