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Navy tests using drones for medical supply deliveries during RIMPAC

A Navy warship launched and recovered six drones used to deliver vital supplies and take the burden off manned aircraft.

5 days ago

NATO tests counter-drone playbook amid real-life jamming in Romania

Alliance officials encountered enemy GPS spoofing and jamming at an exercise site on the Black Sea shore.

5 days ago

Industry

Boeing’s aircraft woes drive drone focus at Leonardo facility

Leonardo had told unions in Rome that the plant at Grottaglie would need to shut down for four months.

US Army experiments with long-endurance drones, balloons in Philippines

The Extended Range Sensing and Effects Company used Balikatan to test capabilities as it develops requirements for the force.

2 months ago

A view of the Thales Defense and Security Inc. manufacturing floor in Clarksburg, Maryland.

Thales doubles down on radio production as US Army rethinks its network

The Army tapped Thales Defense and Security and L3Harris Technologies to furnish combat net radios. Initial orders totaled tens of millions of dollars.

2 months ago

Japan’s defense chief calls for more counter-drone tech

The move comes in the wake of drone footage posted on a Chinese social media site showing a Japanese aircraft carrier docked at a restricted port.

2 months ago

US special forces want longer reach for rockets, snipers, robots

The new sniper rifle would replace two weapons currently in use.

2 months ago

Defense Information Systems Agency Director Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner speaks at the AFCEA TechNet Cyber conference in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 2, 2023.

Former CYBERCOM boss Nakasone to lead Vanderbilt defense institute

The move follows a yearslong stint overseeing elite military hackers and global intelligence collection.

2 months ago

Capella Space automates vessel classification in satellite imagery

“There might be a lot of different locations you’d be monitoring that you’re not really interested in — until a warship shows up.”

2 months ago

Airbus acquires small drone maker Aerovel, eyes Replicator business

Aerovel's Flexrotor drone, which Airbus now owns, can take off and land vertically as well as fly for long periods while it conducts recon missions.

2 months ago

A NATO RQ-4D aircraft, dubbed “Phoenix,” seen in a hangar at Sigonella Air Base in Italy.

NATO drone surveillance hours surge amid growing appetite for intel

“The North Atlantic security environment is under threat,” said Scott Bray, the assistant secretary general for intelligence and security.

2 months ago

U.S. soldiers and Philippine soldiers advance on a breaching site at Fort Magsaysay during the Balikatan 23 exercise.

Stingy intel-sharing a ‘recipe for losing,’ Space Force’s Miller says

"The United States does not go into conflict alone," Lt. Gen. David Miller said at the GEOINT conference. "Check your history. It does not happen."

2 months ago

A Rogue 1 attack drone, to be furnished for the Organic Precision Fires-Light endeavor, is seen outfitted with its training payload.

Teledyne unveils Rogue 1 exploding drone sought by Marine Corps

Should the Rogue 1 drone not explode or be recalled, it can be disarmed and reused thanks to a mechanical disconnect.

2 months ago