The US Army’s Program Executive Office Aviation, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) Project Office has released a Sources Sought Notification to identify commercially available low-cost, sovereign Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (SUAS). The Army is looking to field thousands of low-cost UAS…
Dusseldorf-based Rheinmetall and Californian company Anduril Industries have announced a strategic partnership to co-develop and deliver the Barracuda cruise missile, Fury Uncrewed Autonomous System (UAS) and an undisclosed selection of Solid Rocket Motors (SRM) for European defence. The partnership is…
Paris-based Airbus Helicopters has unveiled HTeaming, a brand new modular Crewed-Uncrewed Teaming (MUM-T) solution. HTeaming is a range of systems that allows helicopter crews to take full control of Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) in flight. The first version of HTeaming…
The French Ministry of Defence has signed a framework agreement with Paris-based Airbus Helicopters and Naval Group for the future acquisition of the Systèmes de Drone Aérien pour la Marine (SDAM: uncrewed aerial systems for the Navy). The agreement also…
San Diego-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced at the Paris Air Show it is partnering with Swedish company Saab to develop an Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) capability for its MQ-9B Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS), which includes…
The US Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) is boosting its testing capabilities with a new UAS experimentation system at Naval Air Station Patuxent River’s Webster Outlying Field. Designed to accelerate unmanned aviation development, the Tethered Unmanned Aerial…
Canberra-based Electro Optic Systems has announced the first sale of the maritime version of its flagship Slinger Remote Weapon System (RWS), worth approximately $53 million. The order, placed by a European naval systems integration business and funded by an undisclosed…
The UK Ministry of Defence has declared operational its first-of-a-kind StormShroud autonomous Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS), based on lessons learned in Ukraine. The UK MoD says StormShroud will fly alongside crewed aircraft in frontline missions to knock out or blind…
The US Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), in collaboration with US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), seeks to identify solutions for scalable, cost-effective Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) detection, identification, and tracking. Submissions are due by 20 May, 2025. This challenge aims to enhance…
British soldiers have successfully tracked, targeted and defeated swarms of Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) in the latest trial of a new directed energy weapon developed in the UK. The RapidDestroyer was developed by a Thales UK-led consortium and uses Radio…