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Uncrewed Vehicles
Boeing continues DARPA Hunter XLUUV work
27th July 2022
Boeing has received an $8.51 million contract modification from DARPA for Option 3 of the Hunter Phase 2 programme.
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Land Warfare
US Marine Corps seeks to apply lessons from Russo-Ukrainian war
25th July 2022
The US Marine Corps has been learning lessons from the war in Ukraine and is now focusing on the acquisition and deployment of UAVs and artillery systems with long-range capabilities.
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Defence Notes
DARPA and US Air Force complete second hypersonic weapon flight test
19th July 2022
Raytheon and Northrop Grumman announced on 18 July that they have completed the second flight test of the scramjet-powered HAWC.
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Air Warfare
Farnborough 2022: BAE Systems’ ‘flap-free’ design helps CRANE take flight for DARPA
18th July 2022
Wind tunnel tests have been completed of the active flow control effector for the future X-Plane in the DARPA Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) programme.
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Digital Battlespace
HRL composes ELGAR to improve G-band electronics
15th July 2022
DARPA wants to maximise the opportunities offered by the G-band spectrum.
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Defence Notes
DARPA picks Canadian firm for AI-based modelling research project
15th July 2022
The Automating Scientific Knowledge Extraction and Modeling programme seeks to harness AI for decision-making.
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Digital Battlespace
Raytheon continues JAWS work for DARPA to coordinate kill webs
14th July 2022
DARPA has awarded Phase 2 work to Raytheon in the Joint All-Domain Warfighting Software (JAWS) battle management planning programme.
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Defence Notes
Raytheon subsidiary showcases inter-satellite communication
9th June 2022
Raytheon’s subsidiary, SEAKR Engineering, has demonstrated the ability for data transfer between two satellites in orbit.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Royal Thai Navy chooses Hermes 900
8th June 2022
The Hermes 900 will add improved range, mission endurance and altitude capabilities to the Royal Thai Navy UAV fleet.
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Air Warfare
US hands over first RQ-21A to Thai navy
26th May 2022
Thailand is awaiting five RQ-21A UAVs from the US, and the first has been formally handed over.
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Defence Notes
BAE Systems joins DARPA’s MINC programme
5th May 2022
BAE Systems receives a contract from US agency to develop an autonomous tactical network.
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Land Warfare
DARPA wants to move faster on autonomous off-road UGV simulation
27th April 2022
Intel expects new simulation tools in the DARPA RACER-Sim programme to significantly improve the development of autonomous systems using virtual testing.
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Naval Warfare
Thailand confirms additional Camcopter S-100 procurement
19th April 2022
The Royal Thai Navy has contracted Schiebel for an additional two Camcopter S-100 systems, which it set a budget of $18.38 million for in August 2021.
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Defence Notes
Challenges and opportunities abound for US in autonomy research
19th April 2022
DARPA continues to explore the potential of uncrewed platforms across the air, land and sea domains — although industry, academia and government agree that challenges must still be overcome.
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Air Warfare
US hails HAWC test but still plays catch-up on hypersonics
8th April 2022
The second successful test flight of the HAWC missile fails to obscure patchy progress overall in US hypersonic programmes.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
LongShot [USA]
Programme Background Requirement According to DARPA, the objective of the LongShot programme is "to disrupt the paradigm of air combat operations by demonstrating an unmanned ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) [US]
Programme Background Aims & Timeline As stated by DARPA, the ANCILLARY programme aims to develop and fly an X-plane that will provide a "leap-ahead" in long-endurance, ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
RQ-21A Blackjack - Additional Units (Poland)
Programme Background Known First Procurement As covered by another entry (see 'RQ-21 Blackjack (Poland)' programme), the Polish government ordered a single RQ-21A system via the ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
RQ-21A Blackjack (UAE)
Programme Background The US State Department announced that it had approved the possible $80 million FMS of 20 RQ-21A Blackjack UAVs, 40 GPS systems, eight ground control stations ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
RQ-21A Blackjack (Poland)
Programme Background According to Polish media, the Polish government ordered a single RQ-21A system via the US government's FMS programme in March 2018. This cost ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
CU172 Blackjack (First Batch) (Canada)
Programme Background Requirement The Canadian Army identified a requirement for two new tactical UAV systems after recognising that the squadron and company level Aerovironment RQ-11 ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
CU172 Blackjack (Second Batch) (Canada)
Programme Background Requirement The Canadian Army identified a requirement for two new tactical UAV systems after recognising that the squadron and company level Aerovironment RQ-11 ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
RQ-21A Blackjack (Thailand)
Programme Background Initial Interest Interest in the Blackjack was piqued when Adm Luechai Rutdit, then commander-in-chief of the RTN, visited Marine Corps Base Hawaii on ...
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Military UAS - small
RQ-21A Blackjack / STUASLO - Replacement Units (USMC)
Programme Background Joint USN and USMC Procurment The RQ-21 Blackjack, or STUALSO, was a combined United States Navy (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) programme ...
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Military UAS - small
RQ-21A Blackjack / STUASLO - Replacement Units (USN)
Programme Background Joint USN and USMC Procurment The RQ-21 Blackjack, or STUALSO, was a combined United States Navy (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) programme ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
RQ-21 Integrator [Belgium]
Programme Background Strategic Vision for Defence The Belgian MoD outlined plans to procure more mini and tactical UAS in its Strategic Vision for Defence published ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Project Land 129 Phase 3 (Australia)
Programme Background Programme Announcement The Australian Army announced the Project Land 129 Phase 3 programme in 2017. This announcement led to the release of an industry ...
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Bomber
PAK-DA - Procurement - Russia
Programme Background The full-scale design works on the new-generation strategic bomber developed under the PAK-DA initiative were launched by Tupolev in 2013, on order placed ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
LongShot
The LongShot is a developmental air-launched platform intended to increase the survivability of friendly crewed aircraft. In February 2021, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
RQ-21A Blackjack
Manufactured by Insitu, the RQ-21A Blackjack, or STUALSO, is a tactical UAS developed to meet the requirements of the USN and USMC. The twin-tailed rear engine ...
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Sea: procedural training
2 Sigma Digital Tutor
A Digital Tutor that is designed to outperform schoolhouse instructors, bringing CTC training to a broad spectrum of sailors. Specifications include improving student outcomes for ...
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Major networking projects
CHAIN
The Compartmented High Assurance Information Network (CHAIN) is described as a robust architecture that improves interoperability of IT systems among the military services and security ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
NRQ-21
Insitu displayed the NRQ-21 Integrator at the Unmanned Warrior 2016 event in Wales. The aircraft has been designed to carry out tasks on land and ...
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Bomber
Tu-160 Blackjack
The Tu-160 (NATO reporting name Blackjack) is a strategic bomber designed by Tupolev Design Bureau in Russia. The bomber was designed for the Russian Aerospace ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
XV-24A LightningStrike
The XV-24A LightningStrike, developed by Aurora Flight Sciences and its partners Rolls-Royce and Honeywell, was a project for a tilt-wing UAV powered by an electric-distributed ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
ScanEagle 3
Insitu unveiled the ScanEagle 3 at the Xponential exhibition in Denver in May 2018. The platform has twice the payload capacity of its ScanEagle predecessor ...
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Data links
QNT
The QUINT Networking Technology (QNT) programme is intended to develop robust, affordable, miniature networked data link technologies suitable for use on weapons and by tactical ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
X-61A Gremlin
Dynetics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leidos, is developing the X-61A Gremlin. This low-cost swarming drone can be outfitted with different payloads, launched by a mothership, recovered ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Shrike
The Shrike was a micro, portable, rugged VTOL-capable UAV designed for frontline day/night ISR. Development of the Shrike began in 2008 under a $4.6-million contract from ...
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Data links
TTNT
The Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) programme is intended to develop, evaluate and demonstrate reconfigurable, affordable, robust, interoperable and evolvable communications technologies to support emerging ...
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Military UGVs
Crusher
The Crusher vehicle was designed by DARPA and the National Robotics Engineering Center to evaluate technologies, such as mobility and autonomy systems, applicable to the UGVs ...
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Air: UAS radar
EchoFlight Airborne Radar
The Echoflight is a small electronically-scanned UAS radar. It provides long-range all-weather detection and tracking to allow users to conduct beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) ...
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Air: helicopter radar, Air: surveillance radar
FORESTER
The Foliage Penetration (FOPEN) Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Tracking and Engagement Radar (FORESTER) is an airborne radar system that provides stand-off, persistent, wide-area surveillance for situational awareness ...