Sydney based DroneShield Limited has won a $5.2 million follow-on contract from the Belgian government. The contract is for handheld counter Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) systems and associated accessories to strengthen protection around airports and military installations. DroneShield has stock…
The Pentagon’s Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA, has issued a Lift Challenge to designers and manufacturers of Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) who can design a UAS that lift up to four times its own weight. Registration is tentatively scheduled…
Californian company Anduril Industries has been awarded up to US$50 million ($77.6 million) in contracts under the Pentagon’s Small Business Innovation Research (SIBR) program for the ALTIUS-600 Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS). The ALTIUS-600 can be both a loitering munition and…
Canberra-based Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited (EOS) will acquire the UK-based Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) interceptor business from London-based MARSS Group for €5.5 million ($10 million). The Counter UAS interceptor is expected to take 12-24 months of further development at…
Stratford-based Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has unveiled an Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) version of the venerable Black Hawk helicopter, the S-70UAS™ U-Hawk™. This is a Group 5 UAS with 25% more cargo space than a typical Black Hawk. Sikorsky…
Wilmington, Massachusetts-based Textron Systems has announced its Damocles Launched Effect (LE) system, an Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) designed to deliver a significant strategic advantage in peer warfare environments. Equipped with Textron Systems’ advanced GEN2 Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP), the Damocles…
The UK Royal Navy's Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Spearhead program has rapidly developed three autonomous testbed platforms, CETUS, PROTEUS, and SCYLLA, to enhance the service’s ASW capabilities. A collaboration between the Royal Navy, defence industry, and research organisations the ASW Spearhead…
Stratford, Connecticut-based Lockheed Martin Sikorsky has unveiled its Nomad future family of autonomous Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UASs). The Nomad UAS is designed for reconnaissance, light attack, contested logistics and other missions, says Lockheed Martin Sikorsky. Less than a year ago…
The Royal Australian Navy has demonstrated its new Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS), the Insitu Australia RQ-21 Integrator. Operated by 822X Squadron at RANAS Nowra south of Sydney, the Integrator is a fixed-wing UAS with an endurance of up to 16…
Melbourne-based SYPAQ Systems has unveiled the export-ready CorvoX Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) to the international market for the first time at DSEI London 2025. The company also announced that CorvoX will be delivered to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) under…