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 (UAS). These enhancements […]
Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS)
AV Partners with Arkeus to deliver hyperspectral optical radar payload for the Jump20 UAS
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 […]
MDA Space awarded contracts to equip RCN Halifax ships with up to six UAS
MDA Space Ltd. (TSX:MDA) has been awarded two contracts to equip the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)’s Halifax-class ships with up to six new Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS). Part of the […]
Insitu awarded an IDIQ contract mod for Blackjacks + ScanEagles
Insitu Inc. has been awarded a $102,353,293 modification (P00007) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N0001922D0038). This modification increases the contract ceiling to procure 21 RQ-21A Blackjack air vehicles […]
AURA Network Systems awarded FAA contract to enhance UAS integration in National Airspace
AURA Network Systems has been awarded a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) contract to demonstrate and validate technologies in support of the safe integration of Uncrewed Aircraft […]
Textron Systems awarded UAS contracts For additional U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs)
Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company as been awarded a task order valued at up to $47 million by the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to […]
Skydweller Aero completes initial uncrewed flight test campaign
Skydweller Aero has successfully completed the initial uncrewed autonomous flight test campaign of its Skydweller Unmanned Aerial System. A series of uncrewed flight tests – with the two longest being […]
SoftBank Corp.’s “Sunglider” HAPS aircraft succeeds in stratospheric flight during field trial
SoftBank Corp. has announced that the company’s “Sunglider” — a large-scale, solar-powered, uncrewed aircraft system (“UAS”) designed for High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) stratospheric telecommunications — was used in a […]
Amentum’s Autonomous + Unmanned Systems Business + WaveAerospace enter partnership
Amentum recently entered into a strategic partnership with WaveAerospace — this collaboration is set to accelerate the development and commercialization of the latter’s cutting-edge aircraft technology, providing unparalleled integration and […]
BAE Systems acquires Kirintec to enhance electronic warfare capability
BAE Systems has acquired Kirintec, a UK cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA) company, that specializes in counter-Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), counter-Uncrewed Air Systems (UAS) and electronic warfare (EW) products and […]