ISR & Reconnaissance

Image: Planet Labs U.S. Coast Guard and special operations forces executed a high-seas seizure of the oil tanker Skipper off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday, disabling a vessel that authorities described as a central node in an illicit "ghost ...

AURORA, Colo. — Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has formalized a strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) aimed at aggressively modernizing satellite data processing and mission control architectures through cloud-native integration. The agreement focuses on equipping national security ...

TECHEKEVER and ARKEUS have successfully completed a joint integration and flight test campaign, proving the full compatibility and mission-readiness of the companies respective technologies. The collaboration brings together TEKEVER’s AR3 EVO tactical Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) and ARKEUS’ Warden Hyperspectral ...

A ScanEagle UAS sits in its cradle at Insitu HQ in Bingen, Washington Insitu, a Boeing Company, has added proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO) Satellite Communication (SATCOM) datalinks and laser-targeting capabilities to the company’s long-endurance, battle-tested, ScanEagle Uncrewed Aircraft System ...

As space operations are challenged by a substantial increase in threats, from military to space debris, the ability to identify and track multiple small objects in space in real-time makes all the difference when it comes to space sovereignty and ...

Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SciTec, Inc., a leader in advanced national security technologies, for approximately $855 million through a combination of $300 million in cash and $555 million in Firefly shares issued ...

Optimized for Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) operations, SPARTAN is the new flagship of Ascent's lineup of high-performance coaxial platforms Ascent AeroSystems has unveiled SPARTAN, the next generation of the firm's proven NX30 coaxial UAV platform. Purpose-built for defense, ...

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) and Shield AI have demonstrated an artificial intelligence-enabled drone detection system during the Department of War’s recent Technology Readiness Experimentation event. This test event showed the system can more quickly detect hostile drones at longer ranges ...

On Monday, September 22 at 10:38 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-48 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The are satellites built with Northrop Grumman on commercial Starlink buses with ...

SpaceX is targeting Monday, September 22 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-48 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The one-hour launch window opens at 10:23 a.m. PT. If needed, ...

Ongoing flight operations of the new YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft helped General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., set a new company record, pushing past a total of 9 million flight hours. GA-ASI has been tracking total flight hours across its fleet ...

AeroVironment (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) has unveiled the newest payload for its Group 3 JUMP 20 uncrewed autonomous system (UAS)–the Arkeus Hyperspectral Optical Radar (HSOR). The HSOR-equipped JUMP 20 redefines autonomous Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions and equips forces with ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and AeroVironment (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV) collaborated on the air launch of a Switchblade 600 loitering munition (LM) from a GA-ASI Block 5 MQ-9A unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The flight testing took place from July ...

Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), has introduced the company's SkyCarrier™ platform at the DSEI trade show in London, showcasing a breakthrough in autonomous drone operations for military and civil applications. Designed for launch and recovery of ...

Secretary Hegseth has announced actions the Department is taking to address the growing threat of hostile drones and to enhance its small, unmanned systems to protect personnel, equipment, and facilities at home and abroad. To ensure that American airspace remains ...

The report "Drone Warfare Market Size, Share & Industry Growth Analysis Report, By Capability (Platform, Application Software, Services, GCS, Drone launch & Recovery systems), Application, Mode of Operation & Region - Global Forecast to 2028" reveals that the drone warfare ...

ZenaTech, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZENA) has formed a new Quantum Computing Division that will focus on the development of R&D initiatives that harness the next generation of computing power to solve complex challenges in modern defense and autonomous drone systems that ...

ParaZero Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: PRZO) has received official marketing approval from the Israeli Ministry of Defense’s Defense Export Controls Agency (DECA) for the firm's DropAir™ Precision Airdrop System, integrated with advanced unmanned aerial platforms developed by Steadicopter Ltd. This authorization ...

Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) and the firm's wholly owned subsidiary, Edge Autonomy, has been awarded a prototype phase agreement by the U.S. Army to develop and deliver its Stalker uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) for the Long Range Reconnaissance (LRR) program ...

Volatus Aerospace Inc. (TSXV:FLT) (OTCQX:TAKOF) (Frankfurt: ABB) has secured a contract to deliver a fleet of lightweight Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (T-ISR) drone systems to a customer in a NATO member country. The initial contract is valued at approximately ...