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BAE Systems Australia has teamed with local industry to present Australia’s first domestically designed, manufactured and armed VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) uncrewed air system (UAS). STRIX is a collaboration with Perth-based Innovaero and was launched at the 2023 Avalon Airshow in Geelong, Australia. The collaboration brings
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Israeli political leaders from the ruling coalition, also Members of the Knesset (Parliament), visited a Ukrainian facility where they examined downed Iranian-origin drones. The visit has both military and political significance. Members of the Knesset Ze’ev Elkin and Yuli Edelstein visited the Ukrainian military intelligence laboratory on February
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Tuesday that Serbia will sign a contract with the United Arab Emirates within two days on the purchase of suicide drones. Vucic's remarks came in Abu Dhabi, where he was attending the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX). "Within 48 hours,
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In yet another reminder that the quality of Chinese goods cannot be trusted, the Pakistan Army has found to its dismay that several drones and missiles supplied by China have broken or malfunctioning parts. The ‘friendship’ between China and Pakistan is described by both as “taller than the Himalayas, deeper
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As part of the United24 initiative, the Ukrainian government will purchase a Danish RQ-35 Heidrun drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was announced by the Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, on his Telegram channel. The Heidrun drone is an amazing unmanned platform, designed to perform Low
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Video footage has surfaced online showing the first successful launch of a new type of Ukrainian suicide drone. The drone was reportedly developed by the National Aviation University in Kiev. In the footage, the drone, which is powered by a back propeller, can be seen taken off from an improvised
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The U.S. Army simultaneously tested drones that are catapulted in midair or flung from the ground during its most recent Project Convergence networking experiment, blurring the line between what have been distinct domains. At Project Convergence 22, spanning October and November, small uncrewed systems were “launched from wherever we
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Schiebel and Thales have been awarded the Uncrewed Air Systems (UAS) contract “Peregrine” by the UK Ministry of Defence. This prestigious £20M contract award will deliver the unrivalled CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS, fitted with a powerful naval surveillance sensor suite, to provide a comprehensive maritime capability protecting Royal Navy ships
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The Indonesian Ministry of Finance (MoF) has approved a request from the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) to procure unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) with foreign loans, and the country is evaluating suitable lenders. The UCAVs are part of a list of 16 programmes for the year for which permission to
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, is awarded a $34,232,310 modification (P00001) to a firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001923F0021) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001922G0006). This modification procures eight mobile ground control stations and six ground data terminals in support of
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The Indian Navy has been operating General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) manufactured MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) under lease for over two years. Recently, Senior Staff from the U.S. Embassy of India visited the operating location. The U.S. Embassy Staff were familiarized with the
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The U.S. Navy is operating and sustaining 10 MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), having place the rest in storage, from which the service can easily restore them to service. The Navy also has retired its fleet of smaller MQ-8B versions of the Fire Scout. According