Marine Corps Picks Northrop Grumman, Kratos Team to Build CCA DronesNorthrop Grumman and Kratos have been selected by the Marine Corps to develop the service’s first batch of loyal wingman drones, the companies announced Jan. 8. ----oooo00O00oooo---- |
US Exempts Some Foreign-Made Drones from Import Ban
By The Editor on Jan 09, 2026 07:44 am
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced that it is exempting imports of some new models of foreign-made drones and critical components from a sweeping import ban adopted in December. The telecommunications regulator acted on a Pentagon recommendation to exempt some components and drones from the restrictions through the end of 2026. The list of imported […]
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US Navy in Middle East Employs Attack Drone at Sea for First Time
By The Editor on Jan 09, 2026 07:37 am
Personnel assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet (NAVCENT/C5F) have successfully launched a one-way attack drone from a ship at sea for the first time. The Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) achieved the historic milestone in the Arabian Gulf while launching a Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS). “This […]
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Northrop Grumman Gets $142M US Air Force RQ-4B Global Hawk Maintenance Contract
By The Editor on Jan 09, 2026 07:19 am
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, San Diego, California, has been awarded a $142,483,296 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-reimbursable, indefinite-delivery requirements contract modification (P00017) to previously awarded (FA8539-21-D-0001) to award and to exercise Option Year 5 and to award Option 6 for test, teardown and evaluation, repairs, and management of national stock numbers of the RQ-4B Global Hawk Unmanned […]
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$200m Worth of Russian Drones Taken out by $15m Merops UAVs
By The Editor on Jan 09, 2026 07:15 am
US and Polish soldiers have been demonstrating the Merops drone interceptor – an American-made counter-UAV system that’s been proving its worth in Ukraine. US officials said each drone costs roughly $14,500, about 10% of the cost of the Shahed drones Russia uses to attack Ukraine. The Merops system has already taken down more than 1,000 […]
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Russian Patent for Active Protection Systems to FPV-Type Drone Threats
By The Editor on Jan 09, 2026 07:00 am
Russia has patented a new active protection system method designed to engage attack drones as well as missiles and projectiles. The filing underscores how FPV drone warfare is reshaping armored vehicle survivability and future tank design. On 24 December 2025, documentation published by the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIPS) indicated that the Kolomna-based Design […]
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Dassault Rafale – the Fighter that Quietly Smoked the F-22
By The Editor on Jan 09, 2026 07:00 am
The F-22 Raptor was engineered to be a spectre. A fifth-generation marvel with thrust-vectoring, supercruise, and radar-absorbing skin, an almost alien machine built to dominate the skies for the next four decades. The Dassault Rafale? A fourth-generation workhorse from the 80s. Lighter, older, conventional. No stealth coating. No physics-defying engines. On paper, it was a […]
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