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Serve Robotics and Wing Partner to Expand Autonomous Delivery

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– Serve Robotics Inc., an autonomous sidewalk delivery company, and Wing Aviation LLC, an on-demand drone delivery provider, have announced a pilot partnership to expand eco-friendly, autonomous food delivery offering a novel solution that will redefine last mile delivery. In the coming months, select Wing deliveries will be picked up by a Serve delivery robot […]

Rheinmetall and Honeywell Sign MoU to Develop New Technology

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Düsseldorf-based technology group Rheinmetall and the U.S. industrials company Honeywell have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish strategic cooperation in various fields of technology. The two companies intend to cooperate on new visual systems and auxiliary power units for vehicles, among other things. Armin Papperger, CEO of Rheinmetall AG, said:  “From auxiliary power […]

Epirus to Deliver High-Power Microwave C-UAS Suite to US Navy

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– Epirus has announced the introduction of Leonidas Expeditionary, developed as part of a $5.5 million contract award from the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR). The HPM system, with the program name: Expeditionary Directed Energy Counter-Swarm, or ExDECS, is being developed by ONR, Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL) and the Joint Counter-small Unmanned […]

Zulu Pods Receives Phase 2 SBIR Award from US Navy

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– Zulu Pods Inc. has been awarded a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), part of the Department of the Navy (DoN). The award will focus on continued efforts to develop novel, innovative fluid delivery systems for next generation jet engines used in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. […]

US Army Selects LIFT Aircraft and Near Earth Autonomy to Develop Uncrewed Casualty Evacuation System

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– LIFT Aircraft announced that it has been awarded a contract by the US Army Applications Laboratory (AAL) to design a medical multi-mission modular payload, a container that can carry blood supply and casualty evacuations (CASEVAC). LIFT has partnered with Near Earth Autonomy (Near Earth) to address one of the Army’s biggest challenges – the […]

Porsche Acquires Stake in Quantum Systems

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With the investment of a double-digit million amount in Quantum-Systems GmbH, Porsche Automobil Holding SE is adding a fast-growing technology company from Germany to its portfolio. Based in Gilching near Munich, the company develops and produces state-of-the-art drones for sensor-based data capturing as well as surveillance and reconnaissance purposes. The use cases include, for example, […]

Brazilian Air Force Buys New Hermes RQ-900 Replace Drone Lost in Flood Rescue Operations

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On September 10th, Brazil’s Ministry of Defense published in the Official Gazette of the Union the Contract Extract No. 50/2024, regarding the replacement of a medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) Elbit Hermes 900 (RQ-900) drone for the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). The agreement, valued at 50 million reais (US$ 9 million), was signed between the Aeronautical Material […]

Kratos Gets $80M US Air Force Contract for 60 BQM-167A Target Aircraft Systems

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– Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that Kratos has received a $79,870,161.48 Firm Fixed Price delivery order for the Lot 20 procurement of 60 aircraft, mission kits, certain flight consumables, and technical data for the BQM-167A Air Force Subscale Aerial Target (AFSAT) under a five-year base contract. The award incorporates Gas, Aero, […]

FlightWave Gets $1.9M TACFI Award for Advanced Enhancements to Edge 130 VTOL

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— FlightWave Aerospace has announced that it has secured a $1.9 million award through the U.S. Air Force’s Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) program. Following the recent acquisition of FlightWave by Red Cat Holdings, Inc., the company will use the funding to support critical enhancements to the Edge 130 Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) system, now […]

DARPA Awards BAE Systems $4M for Tactical Autonomy Program

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems’ FAST Labs research and development organization a $4 million contract for Phase 1 of the Artificial Intelligence Reinforcements (AIR) program. BAE Systems will use machine learning to innovate simulation models of existing sensors, EW systems, and weapons. To overcome the fast-paced and uncertain environment […]