Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that it has opened a new facility in New South Wales, Australia near the Naval Air Station HMAS Albatross to be the center of its emerging Australian Defense business. Continue reading
Category Archives: Targets
Kratos Gets $81M US Government UAS Contract
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a National Security Solutions provider, announced that its Unmanned Systems Division (USD) recently received a single award IDIQ contract with a maximum potential value of $81,000,000 from a U.S. Government Agency related to unmanned drone systems and associated command, control, and communications. Continue reading
QinetiQ Emulates Drone Threat for Canadian Navy
Snyper multi-rotor target
QinetiQ Target Systems (QTS) has introduced a new service to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) by emulating the threat posed to large naval vessels by small multi-rotor drones. Continue reading
Kratos Gets $37M US Navy BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target Contract
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that its Unmanned Systems Division (USD) was awarded an amendment to a previously awarded contract to exercise an option for Low Rate Initial Production Year 1 (LRIP 1) from the U.S. Navy, for BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target (SSAT) Drone Systems. Continue reading
Leonardo Introduces M-40 Target Drone
Leonardo introduces its new aerial target drone to the market at the 2017 Paris Air Show. Based on the company’s experience with its successful ‘Mirach 100/5’ target drone which has earned a place as the standard threat simulator of international Armed Forces including France, Italy and the UK, the new ‘Mirach 40’ (M-40) is designed to provide medium-to-high performance at a price comparable with competitors’ entry-level drones.
Kratos Gets New US High Performance Drone Order
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that its Unmanned Systems Division (USD) recently received an order from a U.S. Government customer for six High Performance Unmanned Aerial Drone System Aircraft. Continue reading
Russia to Present New Air Target Drone at MAKS-2017
Russian company ENICS will demonstrate a new aircraft target E17M at the coming air show MAKS-2017. The new target drone will substitute the older-generation one, E95M, surpassing it in flight and design characteristics. Continue reading
US Air Force Sends QF-16s into Mock Combat
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratories and Lockheed Martin have demonstrated a mixed formation of manned and unmanned F-16s in a simulated combat environment. Continue reading