BAE Systems announced today it has been awarded multiple contracts from the U.S
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) opened a new customer service center in Dresden, Germany on October 5, 2020
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)s ELTA Systems has unveiled its new Passive Coherent Location (PCL) System that can covertly detect and track aerial targets. The system enables the creation of an air situation picture that tracks non-emitting targets using non-cooperative transmitters
The U.S
Northrop Grumman Corporation received a $91 million contract for the additional production of AN/APR-39D(V)2 digital radar warning receivers (RWR). Small and lightweight, the system protects rotary and fixed wing aircraft from modern radio frequency (RF) threats such as radar-guided missiles and anti-aircraft artillery
The U.S
Reflecting evolving threats such as drone swarm attacks, the RAPIDFire gun system developed by Thales and Nexter has been chosen by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) to equip future French Navy vessels with new artillery. This new system will provide the Navys surface vessels with an effective close-in defence capability against modern air and surface threats such as UAVs and unmanned vessels
BAE Systems has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to develop an attritable air vehicle system for the Skyborg program. Under this program, which has a contract ceiling of up to $400 million, the company will compete to develop a digital design for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of autonomous functions
Russia today showcased a mine-clearing drone named "Strekoza" (Dragonfly). The aircraft was unveiled during 24th Interpolitex-2020 international homeland security exhibition is running at the VDNH All-Russian Exhibition Center in Moscow that is taking place between October 20-23
Vietnam plans to convert Soviet era Mig-21 aircraft into unmanned drones to serve as target drones or even as combat UAVs. So far, research has been carried out on how to have the drone (MiG-21) automatically land properly, Viet Defence publication reported on its Facebook page