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US-Made Quickfish USV Now Launches Neros Archer FPV Strike Drones to Engage Threats at Sea
Seasats has integrated Neros’ Archer 10-inch Strike and Archer AI FPV drones into its Quickfish USV, pairing multi-week loiter with satellite-controlled strike.…
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US Navy Awards Leonardo DRS DAIRCM Production Contract to Shield Helicopters From Heat-Seeking Missiles
NAVAIR has awarded Leonardo DRS a three-year contract for low-rate initial production of the AN/AAQ-45 DAIRCM, a combined missile warning and laser…
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US Counter-Drone Firm ACS Launches Directed Energy Division to Build High-Energy Lasers
Allen Control Systems, maker of the Bullfrog counter-drone weapon station, has launched a Directed Energy division led by two former Army SMDC…
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Overland AI Makes NASCAR-Built 6WAP Military Vehicle Drive Itself Under Heavy Load
Overland AI released footage on November 10 of the RCR 6WAP, a 6×6 built by Richard Childress Racing’s manufacturing arm, driving itself…
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Pentagon’s DIU Awards Autonomous Low Profile Vessel Prototypes to Resupply Dispersed US Marines
The Defense Innovation Unit has picked Saronic, Sea Machines and first-time defense partner Rudder Industries to prototype autonomous semi-submersibles that resupply dispersed…
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US Firm Kratos Puts Valkyrie Drone Cost at $6M to $8M and Bets Affordability Will Win the CCA Race
Kratos now prices a baseline Valkyrie uncrewed combat aircraft at $6 million to $8 million before mission systems, above earlier targets but…
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US Marines Keep Their M27 Rifle Over the Army’s New M7 and Double No-Bid Purchase Cap to $84.6M
The Marine Corps has more than doubled its no-bid M27 IAR contract with Heckler & Koch to an $84.6 million ceiling, funding…
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US Marine Corps Orders Ripsaw M3 Robotic Vehicles With 5,000-lb Payload for Warfighting Lab Tests
The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory will test two Ripsaw M3 robotic ground vehicles from Textron Systems, a hybrid-electric tracked platform carrying more…
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Marine CH-53K King Stallion Recovers Downed Navy MH-60S Seahawk From 10,000 Feet Without Damage
A Marine Corps CH-53K King Stallion lifted a nearly 16,000-pound Navy MH-60S Seahawk off a 10,000-foot Sierra Nevada slope on a 70-foot…
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US Navy’s First Flight II Amphibious Ship Harrisburg LPD 30 Clears Builder’s Trials With SPY-6 Radar
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding has completed builder’s sea trials for Harrisburg (LPD 30), the first Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, testing…