The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary a $191.8 million firm-fixed-price contract modification to procure another 13 RQ-21A Blackjack and 25 ScanEagle unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
Lockheed Invests $100M into F-35 Controlled Combat Drones
On a battlefield a decade or so in the future, a C-130 drops a pallet loaded with small, expendable drones, which break off and immediately begin flying toward a formation of F-35s. Continue reading
Ukrainian Soldiers Display Orlan-10 Drone Captured from Russian Base
Ukrainian troops have seized Orlan-10 reconnaissance Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) in transport containers during a rapid counter-offensive in eastern Ukraine. Continue reading
Lithuania’s Defence Ministry Budgets €36M for Procurement of Drones
The Lithuanian Defence Materiel Agency under the Defence Ministry has launched procurement procedures for 35 sets of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Continue reading
Boeing Demonstrates Open Autonomy Architecture for Manned-Unmanned Teaming with MQ-25
Boeing has digitally demonstrated a new open autonomy architecture for MQ-25 that will allow the U.S. Navy to increase mission effectiveness by integrating manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) capability at speed and scale. Continue reading
Protector Completes Acceptance Test Procedures
Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP) for the first Protector RG Mk1 Remotely Piloted Aircraft system was completed on Aug. 26, 2022. Completion of ATP allows for the official hand-over of the aircraft to the UK Royal Air Force, the launch customer of the MQ-9B RPA system developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.. Continue reading
General Atomics Gets $36M US Navy MQ-9A Block 5 Reaper Spares Contract
General Atomics, Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, is awarded a $35,895,000 firm-fixed-price order (N0001922F2395) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001922G0006). Continue reading
Ukrainian Army Gets Poseidon VTOL Drones from Cyprus
The Ukrainian army’s 26th Artillery Brigade and the 120th Reconnaissance Battalion took delivery of Poseidon H10 and larger Poseidon H6 UAVs manufactured by the Cypriot company Swarmly Ltd. Continue reading