Turns out loyal wingmen aren’t just for fighter jets. (Though, if they’re on the ground, what should we be calling them? Pls reply with suggestions.) Yesterday, European UGV darling ARX Robotics (the UK branch) and General Dynamics announced that they’re teaming up to build an autonomous “wingman” capability (again, new naming suggestions welcome) for the […]
The summer of love for the primes and the startups is taking on a new shape. Yesterday, hypersonic aircraft startup Hermeus and RTX’s subsidiary and engine-making giant Pratt & Whitney announced a licensing deal that sets the stage for Hermeus to start producing Pratt’s F100 jet engine, which powers both Hermeus’ Quarterhorse supersonic unmanned aircraft […]
Castelion was awarded a contract worth up to $200M under the Navy’s MACE program.
If you thought Anduril and General Atomics were running away in the CCA race, think again. The biggest dawg in the defense world isn’t giving up that easily. At the AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber conference yesterday, Lockheed Martin unveiled a full-scale model of its Vectis collaborative combat aircraft (CCA), along with two big announcements: […]
The European autonomy giant’s maritime business is launching with two autonomous maritime vehicles: Seavex and Subvex.
The Air Force plans to ultimately field at least 180 MMA drones.
Look out, world. The old guard and the new kids on the block are teaming up (again). This morning, as AFA kicks off in National Harbor, flight autonomy startup Merlin announced that it’s teamed up with aviation giant Textron Aviation to build a version of the Cessna SkyCourier souped-up with Merlin’s Pilot autonomy stack called, […]
Ukrainian ground robotics company Ratel has secured nearly $100M in contracts this year.
Have any last-minute beach trips planned this summer? Havoc does, and it’s a long way from its home in Rhode Island. At a signing ceremony at the autonomy startup’s Providence headquarters yesterday, USV-turned-all-domain-autonomy company Havoc inked a deal with Taiwanese shipbuilding giant CSBC to integrate Havoc’s collaborative autonomy software with CSBC’s unmanned surface vessels in […]
Dare we say the primes and the neoprimes might be…making friends? Yesterday, everyone’s favorite defense tech company announced that it’s been selected (along with Boeing) to “advance to the next phase of competition for Integrated Fires Protection Capability (IFPC) Increment 2 Second Interceptor.” Anduril says the interceptor is powered by an SRM built out of […]
