autonomous systems

Sikorsky’s Nomad 100 Clears Early DARPA Flight Trials

Sikorsky has completed initial ground and flight testing of its Nomad 100 VTOL drone under DARPA's EVADE program.

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ST Engineering Eyes Longer-Range DrN-600 Cargo Drone With Hybrid Propulsion

Singapore’s ST Engineering has partnered with California firm Odys Aviation to build a propulsion system for the DrN-600 medium-lift unmanned aerial system.

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Ukraine Clear UGV Armed With Grenade Launcher for Military Use

Ukraine has approved a grenade launcher-equipped unmanned ground vehicle for service with its armed forces, expanding the country’s growing fleet of battlefield robots.

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New Maritime Drone Defense System Combines USVs and Interceptor Missiles

A new maritime drone defense system is combining unmanned surface vessels with interceptor missiles to provide ships and ports with a mobile capability against mass drone attacks.

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Anduril Rolls Out Autonomous Loyal Wingman for Attack Helicopters

Anduril Industries has unveiled an autonomous “loyal wingman” aircraft designed to fly alongside attack and assault helicopters and deliver heavy payloads into contested environments.

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MQ-9B Moves Closer to Carrying Joint Strike Missile

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Kongsberg Gruppen have completed two key design reviews for integrating the Joint Strike Missile onto the MQ-9B unmanned aerial system.

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Japan Taps Quantum Systems to Develop Drone Killers

Tokyo has signed on Quantum Systems to help develop and evaluate next-generation interceptor drones under the Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency’s Counter Unmanned Aerial System Proof-of-Concept effort.

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Taiwan to Drop Major Counter-Drone Deal After Tests Underperformed

Taipei is seeking to cancel a $30.5 million contract for fixed-site counter-unmanned aerial system solutions after the equipment repeatedly failed to pass military benchmarks.

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Panama Receives K1000ULE Long-Endurance UAS From Kraus Hamdani

Kraus Hamdani Aerospace has delivered its K1000ULE long-endurance unmanned aerial systems to the Panamanian Public Forces under a “multi-million-dollar” US foreign military sale contract.

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Pentagon Taps Tesseract to Advance Containerized Drone Swarm Launcher

The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit has selected Tesseract Ventures to advance in the Containerized Autonomous Drone Delivery System prototyping program, which aims to field containerized launch systems for autonomous drone swarms.

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