A General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems and Boeing team has been awarded a U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) contract to develop a 300kW-class solid state Distributed Gain High Energy Laser Weapon System. […]
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) completed an airborne Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) demonstration on Aug. 25, 2021 pairing a company-owned MQ-20 Avenger with a modified King Air 200 as a surrogate for 4th- and 5th-generation tactical […]
The United States and India signed an agreement to co-develop air-launched unmanned aerial vehicles, the U.S. Air Force announced Friday. The agreement is the first project planned under the U.S.-India Defense Technology and Trade Initiative, […]
The report by SIPRI, a think tank, says India’s arms imports from both Russia and the US fell during the five-year period, though the decline was more pronounced in the case of Russian arms deals. […]
The Skyborg leadership team conducted a successful flight test of the system at Florida’s Tyndall Air Force Base last week, the Air Force announced. The team conducted a flight test of the Skyborg autonomy core […]
The State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $1.651 billion. The Government of Australia has requested […]
A RQ-4B Global Hawk high-altitude, remotely-piloted, surveillance aircraft built for Japan made its first flight on April 15. “The unarmed RQ-4B Global Hawk will provide Japan with on-demand intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information supporting the […]
The Department of Defense is looking to equip MQ-9 UCAV with directed-energy weapons such as low-powered lasers and microwave beams, as well as more familiar weapons, such as laser dazzler for UAVs, unmanned ground attack […]
The Moroccan Air Force to receive four armed MQ-9B Guardian drone learned GDC citing Reuters news agency. According to the agency, the deal, which must first be validated by Congress, has been negotiated for many months between […]
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) “LongShot” program that aims to develop an air-launched unmanned air vehicle (UAV) that can fire multiple air-to-air weapons. The contract valued […]
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