Droner

 

Drone-filled skies give Bavaria drill a new look and soldiers a glimpse of changed warfare (Stars & Stripes) Army Staff Sgt. Kristopher Gorbea’s squad was using a quadcopter to monitor another drone above a training area in southern Germany this week when the target suddenly buzzed upward, causing a midair collision. Read More UK Navy fleet rebuild will prioritize  unmanned systems, chief says

(Defense News) The Royal Navy will switch to an operational  mantra of fielding uncrewed vessels over crewed options  whenever possible, according to Gen. Gwyn Jenkins, the chief  of the U.K. Royal Navy. Read More

Anduril pitches Ghost Shark XLUUV to US  Navy (USNI News) Anduril wants the U.S. Navy to take advantage  of its rapidly developed autonomous undersea vessel that  Australia is purchasing, company officials said Wednesday.  Read More

BAE, Lockheed Martin plan large jammer  drone as door opener in combat (Defense News) BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin are  teaming up to develop a family of uncrewed autonomous air  systems, with an initial focus on electronic warfare, the  companies said at the DSEI UK defense show here on  Tuesday. Read More

Thales and UK partner unveil drone-based  EW solution (UK Defence Journal) At DSEI 2025, Thales and the British  firm Autonomous Devices announced a new partnership to  develop a drone-based electronic warfare system for naval  and land forces. Read More

Navy awards drone contracts to the ‘big five’ defense contractors

(Defense News) The Navy has awarded contracts to develop Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) drones to major defense contractors Anduril, Lockheed Martin, General Atomics, Boeing and Northrop Grumman. Read More Report: US counter-drone defenses ‘insufficient’ as China scales up unmanned capabilities (Breaking Defense) A new thinktank report has concluded that though the Pentagon has significantly invested in counter-drone capabilities over the past decade, the level of speed and scale at which it is happening is “insufficient.” Read More Armed with new drones, Rheinmetall eyes loitering munitions market (Defense News) Germany’s Rheinmetall plans to expand its strike drone business, unveiling a new family of systems at the DSEI trade show that could initially swell to 1,000 units produced this year. Read More HII, Shield AI ink partnership to advance drone autonomy software (Breaking Defense) American shipbuilder HII and defense tech firm Shield AI have agreed to partner to advance one another’s autonomy command and control solutions for aerial, surface and subsurface drones, the companies announced today at DSEI in London. Read More ----oooo00O00oooo----

NATO Jets Down Russian Drones as Poland’s Airports Closed

By The Editor on Sep 11, 2025 06:59 am

Poland shot down drones in its airspace on Wednesday with the backing of military aircraft from its NATO allies, the first time a member of the Western military alliance is known to have fired shots during Russia’s war in Ukraine. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told parliament it was “the closest we have been to […]

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SCHIEBEL CAMCOPTER S-100 Included in MDA Space Solution for RCN ISTAR Programme

By The Editor on Sep 11, 2025 06:55 am

– Schiebel announced that it has been selected by MDA Space Ltd., a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, as part of the company’s contract award to equip the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)’s Halifax- class ships with up to six CAMCOPTER S-100 Uncrewed Aircraft Systems(UAS). Schiebel will […]

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Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and BAE Systems’ FalconWorks Announce Strategic Collaboration

By The Editor on Sep 11, 2025 06:50 am

Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems have announced a strategic partnership to develop a range of uncrewed autonomous air systems. The collaboration will see their advanced research and development divisions – Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and BAE Systems’ FalconWorks – work together on a common design that will be rapidly deployable and modular to deliver a […]

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Ukrainian Drone Firm to Invest £200M in Britain

By The Editor on Sep 11, 2025 06:27 am

Ukraine’s largest drone manufacturer, Ukrspecsystems, has announced a £200 million investment programme in East Anglia, including a new 11,000m² factory at Mildenhall and a test and training site at Elmsett, Suffolk. The project is expected to create up to 500 jobs and apprenticeships across the region, with onboarding of the UK workforce due to begin […]

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General Atomics Gets $8M US Navy EW and Support Contract

By The Editor on Sep 11, 2025 06:15 am

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, is awarded a $7,894,266 modification (P00003) to a firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001924F5559) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001922G0006). This modification exercises options to procure additional three electronic warfare aircraft a-kits, as well as to provide systems engineering support in support of the Marine Air Ground Task […]

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