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US-Canadian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) company Draganfly has signed an agreement with Hyderabad-based Remote Sensing Instruments (RSI) to produce and distribute Draganfly products in India. Paul Mullen, CEO of Draganfly, told Janes, “RSI will help in licensing production of Draganfly UAVs and sensors under the manufacturing unit named Draganfly India.
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Boeing has been granted a $115 million contract by the US Navy's Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to furnish spare parts and repair equipment for the MQ-25A Stingray aircraft, ensuring its operational readiness and maintainability during its inaugural deployment. The undertaking is projected to conclude by July 2026,
Transport
Brazilian drone logistics startup Speedbird Aero has successfully secured a $2 million funding round led by MSW Capital. This investment aims to unlock the sky's potential for faster drone delivery services. Established in 2018 by Samuel Salomão and Manoel Coelho, Speedbird Aero has pioneered the development and operation
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Hypersonix Launch Systems Ltd. and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. have announced an Exclusive Teaming Agreement to provide the Hypersonix DART AE Hypersonic System within the U.S. market, integrated with Kratos’ Zeus family of solid rocket motors. The DART AE is a three-meter-long, single-use, high temperature alloy, hydrogen-fueled,
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Red Cat Holdings, Inc., a drone technology company integrating robotic hardware and software for military, government and commercial operations, announced that subsidiary Teal Drones has received a $2.6 million purchase order to supply its Teal 2 sUAS to the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). Teal will deliver 172
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Garuda Aerospace has announced new partnerships with Titan Innovations, Easy Aerial, Azur Drones, Aero Sentinel & Securiton, for the nation-wide distribution of their drones across the defense, security, and civil infrastructure sectors. Fast becoming one of the world’s frontrunners in drone-based technology, the Indian drone market has been faced
Business
Israel-based ParaZero Technologies Ltd., an aerospace company focused on drone safety systems for commercial drones and urban air mobility aircraft, has received a second order for its custom safety system for drones by one of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers. The repeat order follows an agreement previously signed with
Military
India in recent months has barred domestic manufacturers of military drones from using components made in China over concerns about security vulnerabilities, according to four defence and industry officials and tender documents. The measure comes amid tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours and as New Delhi pursues a military modernisation programme
Business
Indonesia on Tuesday announced it had bought drones from a prominent Turkish defense manufacturer, marking the latest in a series of purchases aimed at modernizing the country's aging military equipment. The deal with Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) for 12 new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is worth some $300
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Sky Power GmbH is the leading manufacturer of 2-stroke combustion and Wankel engines for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) with an MTOW between 25 and 120kg. The propulsion portfolio consists of TRL9 fuel injection, carburetor, hybrid and heavy fuel engine systems. In addition to its own development and manufacturing, Sky Power
Commercial
Despite the ruling AKP’s denial of growing nepotism in procurement contracts, it has come out to light that the government has recently paid 1.2 million Turkish Liras a day for five drones rented from Baykar, a company co-owned by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law Selçuk Bayraktar. It
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $21,547,240 modification (P00004) to cost-plus-fixed-fee contract HR001123C0016 to exercise Option One of the Liberty Lifter program. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $29,514,384.00 from $7,967,144. Work