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Edge Group’s CEO talks drone swarms, 3D printing and export plans
Emirati defense conglomerate Edge Group has had the biggest share of announcements at the 2021 Dubai Airshow between systems unveilings, contracts finalizations and the signing of memorandums of understand understanding. But what arguably stands out the most is the number of autonomous systems at the company’s booth, which made up about half of the offerings on display.
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Unmanned
Emirati conglomerate unveils two drones and a weapons system
Emirati conglomerate Edge Group has unveiled a series of vertical-takeoff-and-landing drones as well as a precision-guided munition system.
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IAI unveils Scorpius electronic warfare system for multi-threat confrontations
Israel Aerospace Industries has unveiled its new Scorpius family of electronic warfare systems based on active electronically scanned array technology that provides the capability to detect and simultaneously confront threats over a long range.
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US company Viasat to acquire Britain’s Inmarsat in $7.3 billion deal
The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2022.
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DARPA has caught a Gremlin drone in midair. Can it grab four in a half-hour?
The Gremlins program needs to show it can recover four drones back to back to prove it can be operationally relevant.
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General Dynamics’ Europe team dips into remote-controlled vehicles, ground robots
General Dynamics European Land Systems has rolled out a remote-driving concept for its vehicle lineup that the company presented on its ASCOD light tank at the FEINDEF defense exhibit.
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Space sector exec: Spain must stand out among its neighbors in nascent domain
Spain requires a national strategy to grow and nurture its military space-industrial potential, and stand out as a European leader in the nascent domain, according to a small satellite company leader.
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From sci-fi to reality: How the US Space Force launched a digital revolution
It appears the Pentagon is prepared to see how deep the rabbit hole goes.
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Italy drops drone program, instead buying Piaggio aircraft
However, a contract is missing — one the government said in 2019 it would award to Piaggio Aerospace.
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US Air Force picks same bomb-destroying robot used by the British Army
The goal is to field the core system as rapidly as possible, as the global supply chain for critical subsystems like cables and connectors remains backlogged across sectors since the start of the pandemic.
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