The UK Ministry of Defence has invested up to £400 million ($767 million) over the next ten years in the Anglo-Portuguese Tekever AR5 Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) under Project Corvus. The initial order will be for six AR5 drones, with…
The ADF has successfully trialled a ground-launched SM-2 naval air defence missile as an unexpected ‘candidate option’ for a future Medium-Range Ground-Based Air Defence (MRGBAD) system. The successful live-firing of the developmental system took place at Woomera and saw a…
British company BAE Systems has unveiled the UK's first uncrewed autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), at the Farnborough International Airshow. The first-of-class CCA, named Brontanax, is intended to provide electronic warfare and precision strike capabilities against airborne and ground targets,…
UK firm BAE Systems has unveiled BlackThorn, a new generation of multi-role modular warheads designed specifically for use on autonomous platforms, one-way effectors, counter-drone systems, missiles and uncrewed ground vehicles. The BlackThorn warhead is adaptable and scalable and can be…
The UK Ministry of Defence has announced a series of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) and Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) programs. The UK Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, Luke Pollard MP, made the announcement at the Global Air and Space…
Californian company Anduril Industries has revealed its Thunder Group 5 tiltrotor Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS). Thunder is a hybrid-powered autonomous attack rotorcraft specifically designed to multiply the combat power and increase the survivability of current and next-generation crewed attack and…
Lockheed Martin has unveiled its MORFIUS X-Rotor Counter Uncrewed Aerial System (C-UAS), an airborne High Power Microwave (HPM) counter‑drone system designed to neutralize swarms of more than 50 enemy UASs in a single flight and be reused in the field.…
Connecticut-based Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has announced that it will integrate its proven MATRIX™ autonomy suite into BETA Technologies’ ALIA MV250 Hybrid-Vertical‑Take‑Off‑and‑Landing (HVTOL) aircraft. Sikorsky and BETA formally agreed to this initiative earlier this month and have begun MV250 integration…
Defence has awarded $6.2 million to three Australian-based companies as part of the 2025 AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge. The Challenge sought innovative technologies to support undersea communications and control of autonomous systems. BAE Systems Australia, L3Harris Integrated Mission Systems Australia…
The Australian Army has released a Request for Information (RFI) seeking innovative technologies at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4-6 under the theme of Autonomous Mass in Littoral Warfare. It is seeking autonomous systems that operate collaboratively in contested littoral environments,…