Business
U.S. Army fire-control experts needed two kinds of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) targets to help ground forces train to attack and defeat enemy UAVs. They found their solution from Griffon Aerospace Inc. in Madison, Alabama. Officials of the Army Contracting Command in Orlando, Fla., announced a $50 million contract
Testing
Sierra Technical Services, Inc. (STS) achieved a major milestone on the 10th of January with the completion of Engine Run Testing on the 5th Generation Aerial Target (5GAT). The 5GAT contract is administered by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Contracting Office (USACE) located in Sacramento, CA and is
Testing
Sierra Technical Services, Inc. (STS) achieved a major milestone on the 10th of January with the completion of Engine Run Testing on the 5th Generation Aerial Target (5GAT). The 5GAT contract is administered by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Contracting Office (USACE) located in Sacramento, CA and is
News
Leonardo has concluded a series of flights with its M-40 target drone as part of a trials campaign in Italy. This saw the drones simulating modern airborne threats, allowing for the realistic demonstration of MBDA’s latest surface-to-air Mistral missile. The M-40 is Leonardo’s latest entry in its Mirach
News
Leonardo has concluded a series of flights with its M-40 target drone as part of a trials campaign in Italy. This saw the drones simulating modern airborne threats, allowing for the realistic demonstration of MBDA’s latest surface-to-air Mistral missile. The M-40 is Leonardo’s latest entry in its Mirach
Business
The shop floors of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc.’s buildings in Sacramento are bustling with activity as the factories are expanding into new space and the company is filling more orders for target drones for the military. Earlier this month, San Diego-based Kratos (Nasdaq: KTOS) received new orders
Targets
QinetiQ has launched the latest member of its aerial target family – the QinetiQ Target Systems (QTS) Rattler Ground Air Launched Supersonic Target (GAL-ST) – at CANSEC, 30-31 May 2018. The Rattler is a low-cost supersonic target used to accurately replicate anti-radiation missiles (ARM) and supersonic/high-diving threats suitable for use over
Targets
Representatives of the United Arab Emirates and Algeria have shown interest in the advanced target drones E17M made by the Russian company ENICS. They are capable of flying longer, higher and faster than the previous versions, according to the company’s deputy director Sergey Pobezhimov. The trials held in Q1
Targets
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.has announced that the BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target (SSAT) has achieved Initial Operational Capability as reported by the US Navy. A NAVAIR website article stated "On 27 February 2019 the US Navy's next-generation Sub-Sonic Aerial Target (SSAT), the BQM-177A, reached its
Business
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it has acquired an 80.1% interest in Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. and FTT Core, LLC (collectively “FTT”), a leading technology company and innovation leader in advanced turbine engines, for $60 million, consisting of $33 million in cash and $27 million in
Targets
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it has received a sole source, single award contract from Swedish Defense Materiel Administration(FMV) for Kratos’ MQM-178 Firejet aerial target aircraft and associated ground support equipment, spares, payloads, components, expendables, and support services. The first order under this new 3-year Indefinite
Targets
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received a potential $109 million contract to produce three batches of unmanned aerial target drones for the Air Force to use in weapons testing and training exercises. The Air Force is obligating $27 million initially for the first lot of 30 BQM-167A drones and