Shield AI has secured $210 million in equity financing as part of Series D funding round led by Austin, Texas-based technology investor Disruptive and will use the funds to invest in artificial intelligence capabilities for military aircraft and advance growth initiatives across defense and commercial sectors. “The funding round enables Shield AI to move one […] More

The U.S. Army has received approval to transition the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System program to a competitive prototyping phase as part of efforts to replace its Shadow UAS, Defense News reported Monday. The Army Requirements Oversight Council cleared the requirements for the FTUAS program through an abbreviated capabilities development document after evaluating improved and […] More

Textron Systems prepares to deliver Aerosonde HQ, a new unmanned aircraft system, for the initial phase of the U.S. Army’s Future Tactical UAS program, which involves assessment by the Army’s Brigade Combat Team, Rotor and Wing International reported Friday.

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BAE Systems has tested small unmanned aerial systems from Lockheed Martin‘s Skunk Works division on a variant of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle designed to support U.S. Marine Corps reconnaissance missions.  The Stalker and Indago platforms were part of verification tests aimed to demonstrate the ACV’s potential to carry out command, control, communication and computers/UAS missions, […] More

Adam Harrison joined Amentum after the completion of the PAE acquisition in 2022. Prior to Amentum, he was appointed to PAE’s leadership team just as the company was going public in early 2020. As head of strategy and corporate development for PAE, Harrison oversaw the company’s growth strategy in addition to helping lead PAE’s acquisitions […] More

General Atomics' aeronautical systems business has secured a $9 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to study, develop and demonstrate an air-launched unmanned aerial vehicle for fielding multiple weapons.

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General Atomics' aeronautical systems business demonstrated autonomous sensing capabilities aboard an Avenger remotely piloted aircraft during a 90-minute flight test.

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Boeing, General Atomics and Lockheed Martin have received contract modifications to perform beam control critical design review in support of a Missile Defense Agency program to develop a laser system onboard an unmanned aerial vehicle.

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Persistent Systems has established a new alliance of unmanned systems and sensor companies to provide the military with more connected devices on the battlefield.
 

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The U.S. Army is evaluating a vertical takeoff and landing drone Northrop Grumman designed with MartinUAV as the military service considers replacing its RQ-7 Shadow fleet, C4ISRnet reported Sunday. Both companies developed the V-BAT unmanned aerial system to perform reconnaissance missions without the use of special equipment. A single controller can operate the drone using a tablet, software and a waypoint […] More

The U.S. Navy has sent its latest draft request for proposals on the service branch’s future operational carrier-based unmanned aerial refueling tanker to four potential contractors, USNI News reported Thursday. The draft RFP for the MQ-25A Stingray program was delivered to Boeing, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman ahead of the scheduled release of a […] More

Lockheed Martin and its partner Canadian UAVs have jointly demonstrated the capacity of a Lockheed-built quadrotor unmanned aerial system to examine pipeline and well assets as part of a beyond-visual-line-of-sight test flight. The team examined pipelines and wellheads at the Foremost Testing Range in Alberta, Canada, using an Indago 2 drone, Lockheed said Wednesday. The Indago 2 unit used in the mission was equipped with a […] More