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Leonardo seeks global firms to build, tweak its new attack helicopter
The company's AW249 will be able to control unmanned aerial vehicles using large screens and helmet displays inspired by the U.S. F-35 combat jet.
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Italian police raid drone maker over alleged Chinese takeover
An Italy-based defense firm that has supplied small drones to the country’s special forces was quietly and illegally purchased by Chinese state companies, Italian investigators claim.
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Eurodrone effort gets $118M funding boost, updated production timeline
The Eurodrone project to build a twin-turboprop aircraft —in both an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance version and a battlefield version — aims to wean Europe off its reliance on U.S. and Israeli UAVs.
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NATO surveillance drones dial up flying hours, maritime sensing
No sooner had it arrived, one of the five unmanned aircraft headed to California to be equipped with the so-called GMTI-over-Sea capability, giving it the ability to track moving maritime targets as well as moving land targets.
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Italian Air Force eyes microwaves and lasers to defeat drones
Until lasers get the nod, the Air Force will continue using an anti-drone system of systems named ACUS, or Air Force Counter Unmanned System, which fights drone threats using radio frequency and GPS jamming.
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Britain’s ‘Dragonfire’ ship laser gun to get accuracy boost
A ship-borne laser weapon being developed for the U.K. is edging closer to achieving pinpoint accuracy, and it is all being done with mirrors.
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Leonardo’s cyber, AI expert becomes Italy’s ‘green transition’ minister
Italy’s new prime minister has hired the chief technology and innovation officer at Italian defense firm Leonardo to help rebuild the country’s economy.
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Secrets of Tempest’s ground-breaking radar revealed
Radar engineers on the sixth-generation Tempest fighter program say they will break data-processing records by way of miniaturization and going digital.
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Leonardo flies new Falco Xplorer drone
The company has described the new aircraft as overlapping with capabilities of the U.S.-made Predator A drone.
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Leonardo invests in ‘fully electric’ Skydweller drone
Developers see the Skydweller as pushing the limits for payloads for solar flight, while operating at medium altitudes.
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