Thales has won a contract from Naval Group to test a passive hull-mounted sonar designed for autonomous operation. The contract is part of a project led by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) to develop an unmanned combat underwater vehicle demonstrator for testing purposes. The passive omnidirectional hull-mounted sonar toContinue Reading
Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, was awarded a $677 million contract to continue producing AN/SPY-6(V) radars for the U.S. Navy. This is the third option exercised from the March 2022 hardware, production, and sustainment contract, which is valued up to $3 billion over five years. Under this contract, the U.S. Navy will receiveContinue Reading
Steadicopter, a leader in the Rotary Unmanned Aerial Systems (RUAS) industry, to present, for the first time in the US a comprehensive sensor-to-shooter solution capabilities based on its RUAV platforms: the Golden Eagle with precise strike capabilities and the Black Eagle family for accurate ISR operations. Based on the combat-provenContinue Reading
Based on the combat-proven Black Eagle 50E platform, the Golden Eagle incorporates AI-based technology and a remotely-operated robotic weaponry payload. The AI-based technology enables superior situational awareness and autonomous multi-target classification and tracking, while the payload locks on the target, tracks it and ensures precise target hit. The Golden EagleContinue Reading
The maritime application aims to address the challenges of shooting accurately at sea due to the instability caused by both the waves as well as target movements. The new SMASH maritime application will minimize the impact of platform and target movements and time the shot release to increase hit accuracy.Continue Reading