Elbit Systems has demonstrated its Robotic Autonomous Systems (RAS) capabilities for ISR missions utilizing heterogeneous autonomous swarms to the RAS Concept Development & Experimentation Program of the Royal Netherlands Army. Taking place in northern Israel the demonstration deployed swarms comprising of the PROBOT Unmanned Ground Vehicle and two types of Vertical Takeoff and Landing mini Unmanned Aircraft System (VTOL mini-UAS) including the THOR, all powered by the TORCH-X RAS software suite (Command and Control application, Autonomy Kits, Planning tools)
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) unveiled the Scorpius Electronic Warfare system, which it claims is the first in the world capable of simultaneously targeting multiple threats, across frequencies and in different directions. Scorpius is based on the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) technology, which provides a breakthrough in EW performance – enabling a new generation of electronic warfare capabilities
Greece on Monday signed an Implementation Arrangement (IA) to accelerate its defense cooperation with the U.S
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has signed an agreement of cooperation with Romanian defense company IAR-Brasov on UAVs to offer advanced UAVs solutions, based on IAIs Tactical Heron, in Romania. Based on the agreement the UAV systems will be manufactured in Brasov, Romania
Boeing said it delivered the first KC-46A tanker to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) marking the programs first delivery to a customer outside the United States. The KC-46A has already completed more than 5,000 sorties and transferred more than 50 million pounds of fuel to other aircraft through its boom and drogue systems
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AeroVironment announced the successful maritime demonstration of a Puma 3 AE small unmanned aircraft system and Switchblade 300 tactical missile system sensor-to-shooter (S2S) capability as part of NATO REP(MUS) 21, Europes largest maritime unmanned systems operational experimentation exercise. The exercise was hosted at the Portuguese Navy Centre for Operational Experimentation held in Troia, Portugal in September
Russias Kronshtadt company is opening a new facility in Dubna just outside capital Moscow that will produce tens of combat drones and unmanned helicopters annually starting next year. "The capacities of our factory in Dubna will make it possible to produce tens of drones annually
Thales has unveiled a new ground-based multi-mission radar with simultaneous ground and low-level air surveillance, providing early UAV detection, in particular of micro-drones. The Ground Observer 20 Multi-Mission (GO20 MM) is a single mode multi-mission radar for continuous 360° 3D detection, tracking and automatic classification of the full threat spectrum