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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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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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AUVSI 2017: Future proofing Global Hawk (video)

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AUVSI 2017: Future proofing Global Hawk (video)

11th May 2017

The manufacturer of the RQ-4B Global Hawk, Northrop Grumman, is looking to prepare the UAV for future missions by testing and fitting a new sensor …

AUVSI 2017: Exploring the polar bare necessities (video)

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AUVSI 2017: Exploring the polar bare necessities (video)

11th May 2017

Northrop Grumman, known for its large military UAVs, has developed a UAV in conjuction with the San Diego Zoo to monitor Polar Bears in the …

USCG first ScanEagle deployment a success

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USCG first ScanEagle deployment a success

11th May 2017

The US Coast Guard has completed its first full deployment with the ScanEagle UAS, Insitu announced on 8 May.The UAS was embarked aboard the coast …

AUVSI 2017: Air Force unveils cross-domain UAS community

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AUVSI 2017: Air Force unveils cross-domain UAS community

11th May 2017

As part of its search for synergies across the broad UAS user community the US Air Force is attempting to establish a broad 'community of …

AUVSI 2017: Unmanned aerial logistics concept unveiled

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AUVSI 2017: Unmanned aerial logistics concept unveiled

11th May 2017

The US Army and US Marine Corps are cooperating on the development of a new unmanned aerial resupply concept. The emerging concept, currently dubbed Joint …

Lockheed Martin enhances Indago UAS

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Lockheed Martin enhances Indago UAS

11th May 2017

Lockheed Martin has integrated TrellisWare Technologies' MANET software into its enhanced Indago 3 UAS to enable military customers to undertake sensitive intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance …

AUVSI 2017: Griffon Aerospace seeks expanded footprint

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AUVSI 2017: Griffon Aerospace seeks expanded footprint

11th May 2017

Griffon Aerospace is using the AUVSI gathering to highlight its growing position in the UAV market and seek new opportunities to expand that position.'We have …

AUVSI 2017: Saxon's magic number three (video)

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AUVSI 2017: Saxon's magic number three (video)

10th May 2017

Saxon Remote Systems has taken the opportunity of Xponential to unveil not one, but three new unmanned systems. The three UAVs include the small Xential, …

AUVSI 2017: Letting the drone out of the box (video)

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AUVSI 2017: Letting the drone out of the box (video)

10th May 2017

Israeli company Airobotics is showcasing its fully automatic drone platform for the first time at AUVSI Xponential following its official launch in 2016. The company …

AUVSI 2017: T-rex comes to life (video)

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AUVSI 2017: T-rex comes to life (video)

10th May 2017

T-Rex Tracking unveiled its new long-range UAV tracking system, the T-rex-1, at Xponential 2017 in Dallas. The company has partnered with Simlax to provide the …

AUVSI 2017: Lessons to learn from manned aviation

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AUVSI 2017: Lessons to learn from manned aviation

10th May 2017

Commercial unmanned operations could benefit by analysing safety and regulatory requirements of manned aviation and incorporating some process into their business, according to Jon Damush, …

AUVSI 2017: iSensys aiming for target sales

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AUVSI 2017: iSensys aiming for target sales

10th May 2017

US-based unmanned target platform manufacturer iSensys is targeting sales of up to ten units of its Scrab II aerial system this year, with additional sales …

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