AeroVironment, Inc. announced that it received a $13,010,560 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract order on March 24, 2021 from the U.S. Army for Switchblade 300 tactical missile systems contractor logistics support. Continue reading
Category Archives: Weapons Systems
Turkey Converts Simsek Target System into Kamikaze Drone
Turkish Aerospace Industries has converted its Simsek training system into a kamikaze drone. Continue reading
AeroVironment Gets $45M US Army Option for Switchblade
AeroVironment, Inc. announced that the U.S. Army has exercised an option on its Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile Systems (LMAMS) contract for additional Switchblade 300 tactical missile systems for the Army and for export to an allied nation. Continue reading
XQ-58A Valkyrie Payload Release Test Successful
The US Air Force Research Laboratory successfully completed the XQ-58A Valkyrie’s sixth flight test and first release from its internal weapons bay, March 26, 2021 at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. Continue reading
Anduril Industries Acquires Area-I
Area-I’s ALTIUS 600
Defense technology company Anduril Industries announced that it has acquired Area-I, a company that specializes in air launched effects (ALEs). The acquisition expands Anduril’s portfolio of unmanned aerial systems, creates new opportunities for its software-defined capabilities such as mission autonomy and intelligent teaming and significantly accelerates the company’s strategic growth. Continue reading
AeroViroment Gets $45M Switchblade Contract for UK
AeroViroment Inc., Simi Valley, California, was awarded a $44,961,750 modification (P00007) to contract W31P4Q-20-C-0024 for the Switchblade Weapon System. Continue reading
Rheinmetall Air Defence Unveils Upgraded Skyranger 30 CUAS
At the Digital Defence Talks session organised online by the Düsseldorf-based group, Fabian Ochsner, CEO of Rheinmetall Air Defence, introduced a new product, currently at concept demonstrator stage, that will be refined in the near future, taking into consideration potential customers requirements, before making it a real product. Continue reading
Raytheon Gets $33M US Navy Coyote Contract
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $32,853,210 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Autonomous Swarm/Strike – Loitering Munitions. This contract provides for work on the Coyote Block 3 (CB3) Autonomous Strike—a rapid capability effort to achieve operational launch capability from unmanned surface vessels (USVs) and an unmanned underwater vessel (UUV). Continue reading