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FlightWave Aerospace, a provider of VTOL drones, sensors and software solutions, has announced completion of the process to receive an Authority To Operate (ATO) designation under the DoD Defense Innovation Unit’s Blue sUAS 2.0 Program. As a result, the NDAA-compliant Edge 130 Blue UAS has been approved
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Linden Blue, CEO of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has issued the following statement on the Ukraine conflict: The world has reacted in almost unanimous support for the Ukrainian cause, but those efforts have overlooked one of the most obvious and force-multiplying technologies of modern warfare: Long-range and enduring,
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Israeli armed drones use gravity bombs that produce no noise or smoke as they fall, making them hard for enemies to anticipate or evade, and the largest model of the aircraft can carry up to a tonne of munitions, the military says. After more than two decades of secrecy, Israel
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a maximum $11,586,778 undefinitized contract action for logistics support activities including depot repair, engineering services, field team support and software maintenance services for the Italian Air Force MQ-9 Block 5 aircraft. Work will be performed in Poway, California,
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In January, the Federal Office for Armaments (armasuisse) handed over the first two of the six reconnaissance drones and the material needed for flight operations to the Swiss Air Force. The military aviation authority has issued the necessary certification. This means that the Air Force can now start building up
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. flew a new survivable Air-Launched Effect (ALE) for the first time as part of a flight demonstration based out of the Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah, on Dec. 8, 2022. The ALE, known as Eaglet, was launched from a U.S. Army MQ-1C Gray
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The MQ-4C Triton test team conducted the first flight to assess the unmanned aircraft system’s ability to fly with wing ice accumulation Jan. 25 at Patuxent River. This was the first of approximately 15 flights planned through spring 2023 that will clear Triton to fly in icing conditions.
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Quantum-Systems GmbH, an aerial intelligence company that provides multi-sensor data collection drones to government agencies and commercial customers, announced that it will deliver 105 additional long-endurance reconnaissance drones type Vector in military support of Ukraine’s armed forces, funded by the German Government. Founded in 2015, Quantum-
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Turkey is set to deliver an undisclosed number of armed drones to Kuwait in a contract worth $370 million, Turkish defence firm Baykar said on Wednesday. International demand for Baykar's TB2 drones soared after they featured in conflicts in Syria, Libya and Azerbaijan and interest in them increased
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Kyrgyzstan has purchased Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI)-made Anka unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), said the Central Asian country’s Presidential Press Service head, Daiyrbek Orunbekov. Known to have supplied Baykar-made Bayraktar TB2 and Akıncı UCAVs along with TAI-made Aksungur UCAV before, Kyrgyzstan, with the latest procurement, will
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On January 12th at the Ministry of Finance, in the presence of the Minister of Finance Mr. Christos Staikouras and the Minister of National Defense Mr. Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, the memorandum of cooperation was signed between the management of the Hellenic Aviation Industry (EAB) and the rector's authorities of
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Recent satellite imagery of a Chinese military garrison on the Tibetan plateau shows truck-mounted unmanned aerial vehicles. The image, taken in November 2022 and shared by open-source intelligence analyst Damien Symon on Twitter, is of a People's Liberation Army (PLA) base in Tibet's capital