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Air Force Plans Support Contract That Could Keep RQ-4s Flying Into 2030s

The Air Force is planning to award Northrop Grumman a contract that could allow the RQ-4 Global Hawk to keep flying into…

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Defense Technology

Navy Invests in Shield’s Vertical-Takeoff CCA

Shield AI, a specialist vying to provide the autonomy software for the Air Force’s autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft, has won…

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Air Force

DARPA came close to finding a drone that can lift four times its own weight

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) concluded its Lift Challenge last week, and although none of the participants achieved the desired…

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Air Force

Indian Navy Leases Two Additional MQ-9B SeaGuardian UAVs

India signed a contract with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) for the leasing of two MQ-9B SeaGuardian High-Altitude Long-Endurance…

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Air Force

Air Force Seeks New Ideas for Cheap MQ-9 Alternatives by Year End

DAYTON, Ohio—The Air Force plans to select vendors by the end of 2026 to help develop concepts for cheap, attritable drones that…

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Air Force

Centcom creates first ‘multinational’ attack drone task force after months of war with Iran

with the Iran war in its sixth month and unmanned systems having played a defining role in the conflict, U.S.…

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