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Düsseldorf-based technology group Rheinmetall and the U.S. industrials company Honeywell have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish strategic cooperation in various fields of technology. The two companies intend to cooperate on new visual systems and auxiliary power units for vehicles, among other things. Armin Papperger, CEO of
C-UAS
* Epirus has announced the introduction of Leonidas Expeditionary, developed as part of a $5.5 million contract award from the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR). The HPM system, with the program name: Expeditionary Directed Energy Counter-Swarm, or ExDECS, is being developed by ONR, Marine Corps Warfighting
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* Zulu Pods Inc. has been awarded a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), part of the Department of the Navy (DoN). The award will focus on continued efforts to develop novel, innovative fluid delivery systems for next generation jet engines used
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* LIFT Aircraft announced that it has been awarded a contract by the US Army Applications Laboratory (AAL) to design a medical multi-mission modular payload, a container that can carry blood supply and casualty evacuations (CASEVAC). LIFT has partnered with Near Earth Autonomy (Near Earth) to address one of the Army’
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With the investment of a double-digit million amount in Quantum-Systems GmbH, Porsche Automobil Holding SE is adding a fast-growing technology company from Germany to its portfolio. Based in Gilching near Munich, the company develops and produces state-of-the-art drones for sensor-based data capturing as well as surveillance and reconnaissance purposes. The
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* Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that Kratos has received a $79,870,161.48 Firm Fixed Price delivery order for the Lot 20 procurement of 60 aircraft, mission kits, certain flight consumables, and technical data for the BQM-167A Air Force Subscale Aerial Target (AFSAT) under a five-year
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On September 10th, Brazil’s Ministry of Defense published in the Official Gazette of the Union the Contract Extract No. 50/2024, regarding the replacement of a medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) Elbit Hermes 900 (RQ-900) drone for the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). The agreement, valued at 50 million reais (US$ 9
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-- FlightWave Aerospace has announced that it has secured a $1.9 million award through the U.S. Air Force's Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) program. Following the recent acquisition of FlightWave by Red Cat Holdings, Inc., the company will use the funding to support critical enhancements to the
Loitering Munitions - One Way Effector (OWE)
* Anduril Industries Inc., Washington, D.C., was awarded a $9,000,000 hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract to develop and demonstrate launched effects technology using the Agile-Launched, Tactically Integrated Unmanned System. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order,
AI
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems' FAST Labs research and development organization a $4 million contract for Phase 1 of the Artificial Intelligence Reinforcements (AIR) program. BAE Systems will use machine learning to innovate simulation models of existing sensors, EW systems, and weapons. To
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The U.S. Army has announced the selection of the Anduril Industries Ghost X and the Performance Drone Works C-100 UAS to meet the Army’s Company-Level Small Uncrewed Aircraft System Directed Requirement. This award is for Tranche 1 of the DR with a value of $14.417M using the
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On September 12th, Anduril unveiled the Barracuda family of air-breathing, software-defined expendable Autonomous Air Vehicles (AAVs) that are optimized for affordable, hyper-scale production. The Barracuda family of AAVs consists of Barracuda-100, Barracuda-250, and Barracuda-500. Each increment offers increasing size, range and payload capacity, but all Barracudas are compatible with a