– QinetiQ Germany has demonstrated the first successful flight of a Rheinmetall Delta B15 target drone in Todendorf as part of the German Uncrewed Aerial Training Services (ATS). This flight is the first step in QinetiQ’s partnership with Rheinmetall in Germany in the Ground-based Air Defence (GBAD) segment. The Delta B15 has been chosen to […]
Targets
QinetiQ Wins $95M US Army Targets Contract
– QinetiQ has won an Aerial Target Systems (ATS-3) contract from the US Army. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract has an estimated ceiling of $95 million and is the first time QinetiQ is entering the US market as a prime contractor of highly sophisticated aerial target systems. Under this contract, QinetiQ will compete for task orders, […]
Kratos Gets $80M US Air Force Contract for 60 BQM-167A Target Aircraft Systems
– 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, […]
Chinese Target Drone Washed Up on Vietnam Beach
A Vietnamese fisherman, Tran Thanh, 65, made an unusual discovery on the coast of Tinh Ky Commune in Quang Ngai Province. While fishing, Thanh found an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) washed ashore, its body covered with foreign inscriptions. The UAV, measuring three meters in length and 30 centimeters in diameter, with two 65cm wings, exhibited […]