QinetiQ has announced the launch of Jackdaw, a low-cost, high-performance ‘disposable’ uncrewed aerial system (UAS). Designed for swarming and collaborative autonomous operations including crewed-uncrewed teaming, Jackdaw will fulfil multiple missions including reconnaissance, electronic warfare, airborne decoy and threat representation. Jackdaw will help reduce operational risk and increase combat mass by rapidly ...
Three new contracts, worth some £90M and designed to boost Ukraine’s air security, have been signed as part of a package by the Ministry of Defence on behalf of the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU). These include a £56M counter-uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) contract with Norwegian defence company Kongsberg and two ...
Eyes in the sky: this competition seeks novel low cost and adaptable autonomous air systems to give the UK an advantage. DASA has launched a new Themed Competition: Affordable and Adaptable Unmanned Air Systems Autonomy This competition is funded by the Army Rapid Innovation and Exploitation Laboratory (ARIEL), a part of the ...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is working with the US Army to develop a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) for the Multi-Domain Operations (MDO)-capable Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). Incorporating MOSA on GE-ER Increment 2 spans the entire system, including the aircraft and the Command and ...