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* Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a Technology Company in the Defense, National Security and Global Markets, and industry-leading provider of high-performance, jet-powered unmanned aerial systems, announced that Kratos has received $59,338,010 for an additional 70 BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target (SSAT) aircraft through the exercise of the contract
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In 2025, the supply of unmanned systems to Ukraine’s Defense Forces reached approximately 200,000 units per month, with a significant increase in the delivery of FPV drones, according to First Deputy Minister of Defense Ivan Havryliuk. “If we look at unmanned systems, especially FPV drones used in combat,
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* Amprius Technologies, Inc. , a supplier of next-generation lithium-ion batteries with its Silicon Anode Platform, recently announced that it has secured a $15M purchase order from a leading Unmanned Aircraft System manufacturer to produce its SiCore cells for UAS applications. The volume purchase order follows successful field trials and qualification, leading
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* General Atomics Systems Integration and Radian Aerospace have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to advance next-generation aerospace technologies and explore broader strategic collaboration, including localization opportunities in the United Arab Emirates . The collaboration will focus on integrating advanced avionics, electrification, and actuation technologies into cutting-edge aerospace platforms, leveraging GA-SI’s
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UK Defence Secretary John Healey MP visited Anduril, the firm supplying the drones, in Washington D.C. ahead of a meeting with his US counterpart Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon on March 6. The deal follows a meeting of world leaders in London last week, when the Prime Minister and
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On March 5 Epirus announced an oversubscribed $250 million Series D fundraising round, bringing the company's total venture funding to more than $550 million and positioning the company to scale production of its Leonidas product line to meet growing global demand. Leonidas is a scalable solid-state, high-energy, high-power
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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on March 6th.between Baykar Technologies and Leonardo for the development of unmanned technologies. The agreement is based on the industrial synergies and complementarities of the two companies in the unmanned sector. The scope of the Joint Venture, based in Italy, includes the
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Anduril Federal, a Division of Anduril Industries Inc., Washington, D.C., is awarded a $642,210,000 firm-fixed-price/cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to deliver, install, and sustain Installation-Counter small Unmanned Aircraft Systems. The awardee will be awarded its first order for system procurement, site survey, program management and engineering services,
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Defense startup Shield AI has finalized a deal to raise $240 million from investors at a valuation of $5.3 billion — a funding round that adds billions to the company’s valuation, and underscores Silicon Valley investors’ interest in drones, autonomy and national security technology. The San Diego-based startup plans
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Russia will build a drone production facility in neighboring Belarus to “ensure security” for its key ally, Belarusian state media reported on March 6. Kremlin Deputy Chief of Staff Maxim Oreshkin proposed the project during a visit to Minsk, where Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko welcomed the idea. “It’s very
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Under the Hub for European Defence Innovation (HEDI), EDA has established the “Autonomous Systems for Cross-Domain Logistics (Air and Land)” programme and selected Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER-100 for the heavy-lift Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Air System category. The large-scale initiative, hosted by the Italian Army, will focus on collaborative
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Romania will purchase the latest V-BAT drones, which have already proven themselves in Ukraine, for its Navy.It should receive the first drones with vertical takeoff and landing, resistant to electronic countermeasures, by the end of 2025. The purchase of these drones became known during a meeting between the representatives