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The service’s Aerial Targets Program Office published a request for information on Aug. 14 asking the defence industry for ideas for a “family of systems needed throughout the spectrum of missions in Defensive and Offensive Counter Air capabilities”
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New, Leading Technology Engine Configuration of Firejet is First-to-Market Tactical Jet UAS in the High-Performance, Affordable sub-$500,000 Class
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This highly versatile aerial target supports various mission requirements by carrying a wide array of internal and external payloads, e.g. Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), passive and active RF augmentation, infrared (IR) augmentation (plume pods), chaff and flare dispensers, and towed targets.
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Florida will provide the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) with 500 confiscated Chinese drones to be used as target practice at its headquarters in Tampa. The quadcopter drones will be used next month over a three-day period to train elite U.S. troops on how to fend off
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* QinetiQ has produced its 10,000th Banshee aerial training target, reinforcing its position as a world leader in advanced threat representation and mission-readiness training. The Banshee is a cost-effective Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) designed for threat representation and operational training. It is used by more than 40 nations
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Brazilian company Nest Design Aerospace presented the ATD-150, described as the country’s first 100% indigenously designed jet-powered unmanned aircraft. The system has been developed specifically to serve as an aerial target for the Brazilian Armed Forces and is also being considered for export to international users. According
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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
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* QinetiQ Germany has demonstrated the first successful flight of a Rheinmetall Delta B15 target drone in Todendorf as part of the German Uncrewed Aerial Training Services (ATS). This flight is the first step in QinetiQ's partnership with Rheinmetall in Germany in the Ground-based Air Defence (GBAD) segment.
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* QinetiQ has won an Aerial Target Systems (ATS-3) contract from the US Army. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract has an estimated ceiling of $95 million and is the first time QinetiQ is entering the US market as a prime contractor of highly sophisticated aerial target systems. Under
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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
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A Vietnamese fisherman, Tran Thanh, 65, made an unusual discovery on the coast of Tinh Ky Commune in Quang Ngai Province. While fishing, Thanh found an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) washed ashore, its body covered with foreign inscriptions. The UAV, measuring three meters in length and 30 centimeters in diameter,
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Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, was awarded a $7,836,907 firm-fixed-price order (N0001923F0387) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001920G0005). This order provides for the production of a three-dimensional model of the fuselage assembly and nose installation assemblies for the modified BQM-34S