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    Insitu Gets Navy Order for Afghan UAS, Equipment & Support Services

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has received a $47 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to provide eight ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems, spares and support equipment to Afghanistan as part of a Building Partnership Capacity mission. Insitu will also deploy one logistician field service representative, 16 technical support operators and two site surveys and site activation teams to the foreign country, […] More

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    AeroVironment Unveils Updated Puma Small UAS

    AeroVironment has begun to offer the newest version of its Puma small unmanned aircraft system designed to operate in rugged environments. The company said Monday the Puma 3 UAS features an updated airframe that will support the use of the i45 electro-optical/infrared systems sensor suite with signals intelligence payloads. David Sharpin, vice president of AeroVironment’s […] More

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    State Dept Clears Second Kratos UAS Offering for International Markets

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received State Department approval to market a second tactical unmanned aerial system in select countries within North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. The department initially cleared Kratos’ Mako UAS for the European and APAC markets, the company said Wednesday. Eric DeMarco, president and CEO of Kratos, said the company has invested $85 million […] More

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    Kratos Gets State Dept OK to Market Tactical UAS in Europe, Asia Pacific; Steve Fendley Comments

    The State Department has authorized Kratos Defense and Security Solutions to market a tactical unmanned aerial system in select countries within Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Mako is designed to operate independently or in conjunction with other UAS platforms to support manned aircraft in a contested airspace environment, Kratos said Tuesday. The UAS has a capacity to carry […] More

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    DOI Taps Birdseyeview to Deliver UAS for Land Stewardship Operations

    The U.S. Department of the Interior has selected Birdseyeview Aerobotics to produce 50 fixed-wing unmanned aircraft systems built for vertical take off and landing in support of land stewardship operations. The DOI said Tuesday it intends to use the UAS with technologies designed to aid in resource management and emergency response. The aircraft is expected to weigh […] More

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    Report: Google, DoD Partner to Develop AI Tech for UAS Footage Analysis

    Google and the Defense Department have teamed up to develop an artificial intelligence technology that would aid analysis of footage collected through unmanned aircraft systems, Gizmodo reported Tuesday. An anonymous Google spokesperson told Gizmodo that the company will provide TensorFlow application programming interfaces to help DoD analysts identify objects in UAS footage as part of the department’s Project Maven. […] More

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    AeroVironment Receives UAS Order From Middle East-Based Military Customer

    AeroVironment has secured a $44.5 million contract to supply small unmanned aircraft systems to an undisclosed military customer in the Middle East. The international client ordered Puma II AE UAS that features with Mantis i45 electro-optical/infrared gimbal sensor package and offers tactical reconnaissance capacity for maritime and ground missions, AeroVironment said Tuesday. Canada’s department of national defense selected AeroVironment’s […] More

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    Leonardo-Built Tactical UAS Reaches 15,000 Flying Hours Milestone

    A Leonardo-built family of unmanned aircraft systems has achieved more than 15,000 hours of operational flight with five international customers. Leonardo said Monday the Falco line of remotely-piloted air vehicles first flew in 2003 and has since expanded to include more than 50 RPAs that conduct surveillance and intelligence-gathering worldwide. Customers can choose to fly their […] More

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    Maxar Subsidiary to Build Miniature UAS for Canadian Navy

    A Maxar Technologies subsidiary has received a $6.36 million contract from Canada’s department of national defense to provide miniature maritime unmanned aircraft systems to the Canadian navy. The company said Tuesday its MDA subsidiary will also help DND develop training, equipment and resource as well as validate naval tactics and new capability development efforts under the contract. […] More

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    Kratos Completes Customer-assigned UAS Missions

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has completed a set of unmanned aerial system missions that were tasked by the company’s private customers. The company said Tuesday it made use of different UAS types with varying payload capacities and features to accommodate corresponding missions. Kratos’ jet powered UAS are designed to participate in tactical operations. Steve […] More

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    Kratos Aims to Meet Tactical, Target Drone Demand With New Oklahoma Facility

    A Kratos Defense & Security Solutions division has opened an 8,800-square-foot facility in Oklahoma City to house engineering, production and administrative operations as the company anticipates an increased demand for target and tactical unmanned aerial systems. The company said Friday the new facility unveiled by its unmanned systems division will accommodate the production of new tactical […] More