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CACI International Inc. announced that as the first task order of a three-year $500 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, SkyValor, CACI’s advanced drone defense system, will be deployed to strategic locations as part of a larger national security effort led by Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) to defend U.S. interests at home and abroad against fast-growing unmanned threats. Continue reading
Russian billionaire Valery Kustov has been arrested on suspicion of fraud related to a state contract for drone production. Continue reading
Ukrainian deftech company Twist Robotics has signed an agreement to establish a joint venture with Danish Vidar Industries. The partners will jointly produce Twist Robotics’ Saker UAVs for the European market: Scout, Hetman, and Hunter.
Auriga Space and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (DEVCOM AC) have signed a three-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to advance electromagnetic (EM) accelerators as a lower-cost, high-cadence solution to counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Continue reading
Brave1 and NATO are officially opening applications for their first joint innovation programme, UNITE – Brave NATO.
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, has announced that it has received a significant order from AeroVironment, Inc. to deliver its Argus XL counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) platform as part of AV’s Titan Multi-Sensor (MS) C-UAS counter-drone solution for the U.S. Air Force. Continue reading
Governor Josh Stein announced that Skyeton, Inc., a manufacturer of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), will create 162 new jobs in Cumberland County, North Carolina. The company will invest more than $3.1 million in Fayetteville to establish its first flagship manufacturing operation in the United States.
Inzpire, a provider of defence training services in the UK and part of the QinetiQ Group, has won a three-year contract with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), becoming the first UK defence company to instruct on the MQ-9B remotely piloted air system.