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ADECS 2019: Australian air force anticipates Triton’s prospects
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is looking forward to a wide range of new capabilities and synergies when it begins operating its first MQ-4C ...
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Paris Air Show: Leonardo announces new contracts
Leonardo and its partners made a number of announcements at the Paris Air Show, racking up sales of its civil helicopters with several customers. Rotortrade ...
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Paris Air Show: Quantum and ESG bring new ISR UAVs to town
German unmanned systems manufacturer Quantum Systems and missions systems integration partner ESG jointly debuted a pair of small mock-up ISR UAVs – Vector and Scorpion ...
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Raytheon enhances radar and sensor capabilities (Studio)
This video is brought to you in partnership with Raytheon. Beth Maundrill, Deputy Editor, Shephard Media, speaks to Bryan Rosselli, VP of Raytheon Mission Systems and Sensors, ...
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Raytheon highlights cloud-based Cyber Academy (Studio)
This video is brought to you in partnership with Raytheon. Beth Maundrill, Deputy Editor, Shephard Media, speaks to Ryan Bagby, Program Manager, Cyber Academies, at Raytheon, about ...
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Link security key aim for cyber age
Cyber security has rapidly grown as a priority for Link 16 and C2 tactical data links more broadly, according to Northrop Grumman, with the company ...
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Canada's soldier suite delivery nears completion
Final delivery of equipment sets under Canada’s Integrated Soldier Systems Suite (ISS-S) programme will be completed by the end of the year as the system ...
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US Army adjusts SMET robot concept
A tiny name change – from ‘squad’ to ‘small’ – reflects a huge lesson learned in the US Army’s newly named Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport (SMET) programme. ...
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Aussie Bluebottles show signs of intelligence
Ocius Technology announced on 17 June that two of its Bluebottle autonomous persistent USVs had begun running scenarios off the coast of New South Wales ...
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Thales introduces Spy Ranger 550
Thales has expanded its mini UAS range with the introduction of the Spy Ranger 550. Designed to boost the intelligence gathering capabilities of units deployed ...
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Airbus and Hauts-de-France target air deliveries
On 17 June, Airbus signed a framework partnership agreement with the Hauts-de-France region to assess the economic development potential of UAS deliveries on a regional ...
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ADAS 2018: Jamming with Orion
TRD (Singapore) is highlighting two variants of its Orion counter-UAS (C-UAS) equipment at ADAS. The first is the lightweight Orion-H handheld jammer gun (pictured). Weighing ...
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Paris Air Show: Airbus eyes up maiden VSR700 prototype flight
10th June 2019
Airbus is building towards its first flight of the VSR700 rotary-wing TUAS prototype this year - an occasion that will see the vehicle tested without a ...
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Paris Air Show: IAI inducts new TUAS to Heron family
10th June 2019
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has launched a third addition to its unmanned Heron collection, with the TUAS to be known as T-Heron. Developed for ground ...
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Edda Sun ROV vessel concludes Danish contract
10th June 2019
Fugro’s ROV support vessel, Edda Sun, has completed its first inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) contract for a major energy company in the Danish North ...
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Triton Lot 5 build sees award of parts for first Australian aircraft
7th June 2019
Australia can look forward to its long-held aspiration for unmanned airborne maritime surveillance moving a step closer to reality as long-lead parts and ground control ...
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Boeing invests in Robotic Skies
6th June 2019
Boeing has invested in Robotic Skies, a services provider that connects manufacturers and operators of commercial UAS with a global network of more than 170 ...
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Team SkyGuardian wants to grow
6th June 2019
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA ASI) is looking to expand its Canadian industry base for Team SkyGuardian, the company announced on 3 June. Team SkyGuardian ...
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BAE Systems completes Riptide acqusition
5th June 2019
BAE Systems has completed the acquisition of key assets of Riptide Autonomous Solutions, the company announced on 3 June. Specialising in small UUVs, Riptide’s platforms ...
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Insitu bags Scan Eagle order
5th June 2019
Insitu has been awarded a $48 million contract to deliver 34 ScanEagle UAS for the US Department of Defense foreign military sales programme. The 34 ...
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US allocates ScanEagles for Southeast Asian nations
4th June 2019
The US, via its FMS scheme, is supplying a total of 34 Insitu ScanEagle systems to four partner countries in Southeast Asia. In an announcement ...
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Milrem Robotics, ST Engineering demo BVLOS combat UGV
3rd June 2019
Milrem Robotics and ST Engineering have demonstrated a beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) combat UGV armed with a 40mm automatic grenade launcher (AGL) and ...
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Leonardo to supply PicoSAR for Canada’s Skeldar
3rd June 2019
Leonardo has signed a multi-million euro contract with QinetiQ to provide a number of PicoSAR active electronically scanned array radars, the company announced on 29 ...
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UAVOS introduces new GCS
3rd June 2019
UAVOS has introduced a new Portable Ground Control Station (PGCS) 3, fully compatible with the UAVOS autopilot, the company announced on 29 May. In its ...
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GA-ASI integrates L3 Wescam’s MX-20 onto multiple platforms
31st May 2019
L3 Wescam and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems are integrating Wescam’s MX-20 electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) imaging system into the SkyGuardian RPAS, as well as the ...
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Dutch army receives two THeMIS UGVs
31st May 2019
Milrem Robotics has delivered two THeMIS UGVs to the Robot and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Unit of the 13th Light Brigade of the Royal Netherlands Army, ...
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Inmarsat makes UAV play as emerging partnerships take-off
30th May 2019
The UK mobile satellite provider Inmarsat is seeking to increase its civil UAV sector footprint having established a set of five new partnerships with drone ...
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Indra develops counter-UAS shield system
30th May 2019
Indra has developed a counter-UAS tool that can be integrated with anti-aircraft defence systems to enhance the protection of military bases and installations, the company ...
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Military version of Kongsberg's IRIS UxS announced
29th May 2019
Kongsberg Geospatial is set to introduce a new multi-domain control system for coordinating the use of UAS in the battlespace, the company announced on 27 ...
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UAE requests RQ-21A Blackjack UAS
28th May 2019
The US State Department has made a determination approving a potential foreign military sale of RQ-21A Blackjack UAS to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the ...
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2019 AlphaPilot teams announced
28th May 2019
Lockheed Martin and Drone Racing League (DRL) have announced the nine teams that have been accepted into the 2019 AlphaPilot Innovation Challenge. The teams have ...
