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Japan’s Terra Drone expands Ukrainian ties to break into global defence market

29th April 2026

Following its investment into WinnyLab, Terra Drone unveiled a new long-range fixed-wing addition to its interceptor drone portfolio as it seeks to bring combat-proven technology back to Japan and expand into global export markets.

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Textron unveils a smaller, low-cost variant of the Ripsaw family of UGVs

29th April 2026

Ripsaw M1 has been designed to support the US Marine Corps’ littoral missions by carrying diverse types of payloads and performing multiple missions. Shephard spoke with Textron to find out more.

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Paris Air Show: Unmanned VTOL eyes fixed-wing real estate

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Paris Air Show: Unmanned VTOL eyes fixed-wing real estate

19th June 2019

A rapidly maturing unmanned VTOL industrial base is pushing its platforms into contention for naval test and procurement programmes where it was thought only fixed-wing …

New training programme from UMS Skeldar

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New training programme from UMS Skeldar

19th June 2019

 UMS Skeldar has developed a new training programme to enable commercial drone pilots to safely operate UAS in UK airspace.The training programme was delivered with …

Valkyrie flies again

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Valkyrie flies again

18th June 2019

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ XQ-58A Valkyrie completed its latest successful test/demonstration flight on 11 June.According to the company, during the 71 minute flight the …

Raytheon enhances Coyote and Stinger capabilities (Studio)

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Raytheon enhances Coyote and Stinger capabilities (Studio)

18th June 2019

Beth Maundrill, Deputy Editor, Shephard Media, speaks to Richard Harris, VP business development, Land Warfare Systems, Raytheon, about two of the company's in-service products and how both …

Paris Air Show: Weaponised UAV expansion set to drive growth in the market

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Paris Air Show: Weaponised UAV expansion set to drive growth in the market

18th June 2019

Request Executive Summary The market for military unmanned systems will reach more than $14.5 billion annually by the end of the next decade, according to …

BAE Systems joins MQ-25 team

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BAE Systems joins MQ-25 team

18th June 2019

BAE Systems has become the latest company to join the Boeing MQ-25 industry team.The company has received contracts from Boeing to supply the Vehicle Management …

Paris Air Show: Patroller enters final qualification phase

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Paris Air Show: Patroller enters final qualification phase

18th June 2019

Safran’s Patroller UAS has entered its final phase of industrial qualification at the Istres DGA flight test center in southern France, the company announced on …

Paris Air Show: Falco Xplorer lights fire to unmanned MALE competition

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Paris Air Show: Falco Xplorer lights fire to unmanned MALE competition

17th June 2019

The MALE unmanned market has a new addition and one that will potentially act as stiff competition to the General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian. Leonardo’s new …

AeroVironment acquires Pulse Aerospace

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AeroVironment acquires Pulse Aerospace

14th June 2019

AeroVironment announced on 11 June that it has acquired Pulse Aerospace, a developer and supplier of small VTOL UAS. Pulse Aerospace had recently been awarded …

Paris Air Show: Door ajar for MQ-9 Middle East sales

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Paris Air Show: Door ajar for MQ-9 Middle East sales

14th June 2019

Large category UAS sales to US allies in the Middle East have been complicated by strict guidelines contained within the international Missile Technology Control Regime …

TMNF Insurance, Airobotics team for inspections

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TMNF Insurance, Airobotics team for inspections

13th June 2019

Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire (TMNF) Insurance has selected Airobotics’ software and analytics platform for building inspection and disaster management services.Airobotics has integrated aerial LiDAR …

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