Honeywell, Odys Aviation team up on airborne C-UAS program
The system will pair Honeywell’s Stationary and Mobile UAS Reveal and Intercept (SAMURAI) system with Odys’ Laila aircraft to defend from unmanned drone threats.
The system will pair Honeywell’s Stationary and Mobile UAS Reveal and Intercept (SAMURAI) system with Odys’ Laila aircraft to defend from unmanned drone threats.
The unveiling at AUSA's Global Force comes as militaries the world over race for cheaper ways to confront the drone threat.
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
An executive from Textron argues that while new entrants can help the Pentagon, the department needs to remember that experience matters.
“I think coordination has been lacking, and you're seeing a lot more sort of cowboy behavior, which could be problematic,” Stacie Pettyjohn, a senior fellow and director of the defense program at the Center for a New American Security, said in an interview with Breaking Defense.
The British Ministry of Defense said Project NYX is in part how it's "pivoting to a new way of war".
The Army Innovation Program is "shifting to this more deliberate, spiralized approach, where we can have rapid tech upgrades and tech refreshes throughout the life cycle,” the program's director said.
The defense conglomerate announced new facilities for two of its subsidiaries, half a world away.
“Today, warfighters lack the unmanned systems needed to train for combat and prevail if called upon to use them,” DIU director Doug Beck said.
“The 360-degree XR environment allows engineers to assess the health of a platform, regardless of where the fleet is located,” according to a statement from the companies.