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By Agnes HelouCombat engineering evolves with autonomy and robotics
Robotic combat engineering will reduce risk to soldiers in the breach while maintaining or increasing the tempo of movement for maneuver forces.
The $49.9 million award will be fleshed out over a five year period.
By Carley Welch
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The American-made Teal 2 quadcopter and Edge 130 Blue, a VTOL fixed-wing system, are both on the Defense Innovation Unit’s Blue List for acquisition by U.S. forces.
By Breaking Defense
“What we propose for the Loi de programmation militaire (France’s long-term defense spending program) … is incremental evolution [and] to enter into service with the VSR by 2026 or 2027,” Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even said.
By Tim Martin
“In our mind, the corps level needs extended sensing and should probably have an extended range UAS. At the division level, they probably need to jump a lot,” said Col. Joshua Ruisanchez.
By Ashley Roque
“What we’re doing now is essentially creating a program that pre-vets for quality, security [and] adversarial capital,” DIU Director, Doug Beck said.
By Carley Welch
“We need co-r&d, coproduction, and co-sustainment and cooperation. We need to be able to cooperate in various sectors so all this manned and unmanned systems will replace our traditional systems,” said South Korea’s minister for Defense Acquisition Program Administration Seok Jong-gun.
By Ashley Roque
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“Operating and defending against the drone threat is something that will be experienced by, you know, all formations at multiple echelons,” said Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo.
By Ashley Roque
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With China the primary source of quadcopters, the U.S. can counter with a superior domestic supply chain.
By Breaking Defense
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When assessing the state of the art of unmanned aerial systems, it’s critical to be very clear about what various aircraft can and can’t do – and could never do.
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“What was different about this attack is where it landed: It did impact… where living quarters are,” said Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh, a day after three soldiers were killed in an attack.
By Ashley Roque and Agnes Helou
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It takes a layered defense plan to be survivable, which means jammers to disable, deceive, and disrupt, along with onboard self-protect and off-board decoys.
By Breaking Defense
Despite the UK MoD not signing off on any orders for the latest drone package, aircraft likely to be under consideration are smaller size systems, particularly soldier portable or “over the hill” drones similar to Teledyne FLIR Black Hornets, one analyst said.
By Tim Martin
The Spanish Ministry of Defence said the aircraft will enter service in 2026 — an aggressive timeline considering Airbus only plans to have a prototype in the air by 2025.
By Tim Martin
