The German Bundeswehr has finalized a $30.9 million order from AeroVironment for an integrated tactical unmanned aircraft portfolio to comprehensively modernize its airborne reconnaissance capabilities with advanced sensors and autonomy software
The 10th Annual Integrated Air and Missile Defence Technology Conference is set to bring together military, government, and industry leaders to examine the technologies and strategies shaping future integrated air and missile defence capabilities
Following successful land evaluations in Estonia, the British military has completed its first maritime trials of a domestic uncrewed strike drone designed to integrate crewed and autonomous frontlines
Teledyne FLIR Defense and STORM integrate autonomous vehicle reconnaissance systems with a modular deployment architecture, enabling operators to rapidly scale and transfer persistent, beyond-line-of-sight UAV surveillance capabilities across diverse vehicle fleets
Rotron Aerospace has successfully completed a critical flight trial for its advanced propulsion strike system under the Ministry of Defence, validating domestic technology and creating over 160 engineering jobs
Coordinated uncrewed aircraft and surface vessels from Textron Systems and partners recently demonstrated an integrated, low-cost sensor-to-shooter workflow during a U.S. Navy fleet exercise, successfully validating cross-domain autonomous interoperability
The French Armed Forces will procure Origin Robotics' BLAZE autonomous interceptor drone system, establishing local manufacturing capabilities to strengthen national defense and industrial sovereignty
Teledyne FLIR Defense has launched an autonomous micro drone system that delivers continuous, untethered reconnaissance from military vehicles to protect crews and accelerate decision making
European developer Orqa launched a tactical drone designed to maintain mission continuity in highly contested environments by combining hybrid communications with advanced autonomous capabilities to defeat modern electronic warfare threats
A new U.S. Army subcontract will see ForgeFX Simulations transition a high-fidelity drone pilot training simulator into a browser-based application, significantly expanding operator access to critical airborne biological threat detection readiness
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