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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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Indian police announces UAV requirements

9th October 2017

Addressing border incursions in northern India and an ongoing conflict with home-grown Naxal insurgents in eastern and central areas, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), …

Insitu demos UAV for fighting wildfires

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Insitu demos UAV for fighting wildfires

6th October 2017

Insitu and Esri have successfully completed test flights of the ScanEagle UAV equipped with a geographic information system (GIS) designed to aid firefighting missions, the …

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Unmanned SAR teams in development

6th October 2017

Mantaro Networks and Beeper Communications Israel have received funding to support the development of unmanned search and rescue systems (USRS). The project aims to fill …

Aurora to scale up production under Boeing

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Aurora to scale up production under Boeing

6th October 2017

The recent acquisition of Aurora Flight Sciences by Boeing is likely to result in the expansion of the company's military projects.  Aurora, a developer and …

Rheinmetall and Paravan sign agreement

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Rheinmetall and Paravan sign agreement

6th October 2017

Rheinmetall has entered into a global cooperation agreement with Paravan to advance autonomous driving technologies. The companies will work to develop semi- and fully autonomous …

Pacific 2017: Schiebel and Skeldar spar in Australia

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Pacific 2017: Schiebel and Skeldar spar in Australia

6th October 2017

Australia is shaping up as a battleground for suppliers of rotary-winged UAVs as the country’s military eyes future acquisitions. Two top contenders are Schiebel and …

Bureau Veritas joins RECOMMS project

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Bureau Veritas joins RECOMMS project

5th October 2017

Bureau Veritas has joined the Remote Evaluation of Coatings/Corrosion on Offshore Machinery and Marine Structures/Ships (RECOMMS) project to develop UAVs with the ability to inspect …

Tiger ROVs selected to clear nuclear waste

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Tiger ROVs selected to clear nuclear waste

5th October 2017

Two Saab Seaeye Tiger remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) have been selected by Sellafield to clear nuclear waste in the radioactive ponds at the Sellafield’s nuclear …

IAI demos Air Hopper for IDF

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IAI demos Air Hopper for IDF

4th October 2017

Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) unmanned helicopter has completed a proof-of-concept demonstration for the Israel Defence Force, the company announced on 2 October. The Air Hopper …

Pacific 2017: Tempting Australia with SDVs

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Pacific 2017: Tempting Australia with SDVs

3rd October 2017

Australia is looking forward to obtaining 12 new Future Submarines from Naval Group’s design studio under its Sea 1000 programme, but one French company is …

Christmas comes early for Endeavor with MTRS Inc II award

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Christmas comes early for Endeavor with MTRS Inc II award

3rd October 2017

The US military is getting its Christmas shopping for unmanned systems finished early this year with a spate of contracts having been awarded in recent …

AUSA 2017: US Army advances robotic mule use

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AUSA 2017: US Army advances robotic mule use

2nd October 2017

Ten unmanned systems will be taking part in the US Army’s Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport (SMET) programme with trials currently taking place at Fort Benning, …

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