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Sikorsky/Robinson Unmanned Get $15M US Marine Corps Contract for Autonomous Aerial Logistics Program

By The Editor on Apr 29, 2026 06:45 am



The United States Marine Corps awarded a $15.5 million contract to Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, for the Medium Aerial Resupply Vehicle – Expeditionary Logistics (MARV-EL) Increment 2 program. The offering selected for award is the R66 TURBINETRUCK, an autonomous cargo helicopter commercially developed by Sikorsky and Robinson Unmanned that combines Sikorsky’s proven MATRIX autonomy system with the rugged R66 airframe from Robinson […]

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ThinKom’s Truck-Mounted Microwave Gun Fries drones at US Army Test

By The Editor on Apr 29, 2026 06:35 am

A California company better known for building antennas that connect aircraft to satellites has quietly entered one of the most competitive markets in defence – and at the U.S. Army’s recent Cross Domain Fires Concept Focused Warfighting Experiment, its mobile High Power Microwave system showed up mounted on a pickup truck, cued by Echodyne’s EchoShield […]

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U.S. Marines Buy British NightFighter Mini Counter-Drone Jammers

By The Editor on Apr 29, 2026 06:35 am

The U.S. Marine Corps awarded a $9.5 million contract to a British defence company to procure compact radio frequency jammers capable of neutralizing small drones — and the urgency language attached to the award signals that this is not routine procurement. Marine Corps System Command in Quantico, Virginia, awarded the $9,515,508 firm-fixed-price and cost reimbursement […]

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Windracers is a Key Supplier in UK’s Massive Ukraine Drone Package

By The Editor on Apr 29, 2026 06:15 am

Windracers has been selected as one of three primary suppliers in the UK Government’s largest ever drone support package for Ukraine. Announced by Defence Secretary John Healey at the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Berlin today, the landmark £752m package includes 120,000 drones and represents a significant step in strengthening Ukraine’s operational capability, while reinforcing the UK’s position as […]

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