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Romania deepens its drone bench with Elbit’s Watchkeeper X
Eying other NATO customers in Europe, Elbit pledges to handle production in Romania and involve local companies.
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Leonardo displays Falco Xplorer drone armed with MBDA missile
The light medium-altitude long endurance, or MALE, drone could be fitted with as many as four missiles.
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Raytheon rebrands as RTX
The name change is the latest of several adjustments undertaken by the military tech company in recent years.
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Israeli-German vendor team launches robotic vessel for spotting subs
Elta and Atlas are joining underwater drones with an anti-submarine warfare sensor suite, though it's unclear whether the Germany Navy will spring for it.
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Reveal of French-made combat drone stirs up industry
The Aarok is a medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) combat drone, designed and made in France by Turgis & Gaillard.
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Raytheon injecting Collins Aerospace unit with $2.7 billion JADC2 jolt
Raytheon in September was named to the U.S. Air Force’s ABMS Digital Infrastructure Consortium alongside four other defense industry heavyweights.
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Portuguese firm to provide drones to Ukraine through British-led fund
Defense News has confirmed which contractor is sending drones to Ukraine, after the U.K. released a video without identifying the systems shown.
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Epirus, DroneShield combine on UAS-roasting air defense
Epirus earlier this year won a $66 million contract with the U.S. Army.
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Cyberattack wave in Ukraine linked to Russia’s GRU, Microsoft says
"While it has not been the most successful Russian actor," Microsoft said in a blog post, "Cadet Blizzard has seen some recent success."
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Lawmakers demand Army justify pursuit of new attack recon helicopter
House lawmakers would curb the secretary's travel funding until the Army produces analysis of alternatives for its future attack reconnaissance aircraft.
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Kuwait to buy Turkish-made TB2 drones in $367 million deal
The Bayraktar TB2 can carry lightweight, laser-guided bombs and fly for up to 27 hours at a time.
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Meet Amelia, the US Navy’s conversational AI tech-support tool
Should AI-powered Amelia not be able to answer a question or fix a problem, it's capable of forwarding the matter to a live agent.
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Pentagon pitches six steps to speed up foreign arms sales
“Our allies and partners are a center of gravity and the greatest strategic advantage for the U.S. military.”
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Lockheed teams with New York chipmaker to onshore production
The Senate Majority Leader touted a partnership between Lockheed Martin and a chipmaker based in his state, hoping it will unlock funds from his Chips Act.
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US Army extends contract with BigBear.ai for automated info
The six-month extension for GFIM builds upon a nine-month, $14.8 million deal announced in late 2022 as well as prototype work the year prior.
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Anduril hires former Army official who led rapid tech development
The Army's former Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office director is joining Anduril to lead its Huntsville expansion.
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Q&A: Maxar execs discuss US Army simulation, Project Maven
C4ISRNET reporters interviewed a pair of Maxar Technologies leaders on the sidelines of the GEOINT Symposium in St. Louis.
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