AeroVironment Stockholders Approve $4BN Acquisition of BlueHalo

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– AeroVironment stockholders have approved the issuance of AV common stock for the acquisition of the defense engineering company BlueHalo. In a statement posted Tuesday, Wahid Nawabi, chairman, president and CEO of AV, said the milestone will enable his company to move forward with BlueHalo’s acquisition and turn AV into a leading defense technology company. […]

General Atomics Planning Modular Family of Unmanned Fighters

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California-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is a finalist in the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) Increment 1 contest to produce the service’s first uncrewed fighter – with that new family of aircraft recently bestowed the designation “FQ” by the Pentagon. The race to deliver the first operational uncrewed fighter jet is heating […]

Russia to Team Okhotnik Stealth Drone with Su-57 Fighter Jet

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Citing recent information from Yuri Koptev, Managing Director of Russian State Defense Company, ROSTEC, the Russian defense aerospace industry continues to make significant strides in developing advanced unmanned aerial capabilities with the S-70 Okhotnik-B, a large strategic stealth drone engineered to operate in direct coordination with the Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jet. This innovative manned-unmanned teaming […]