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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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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.

3 days ago

Electronic Warfare

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.

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.

8 days ago

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.

9 days ago

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.

13 days ago

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.

14 days ago

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.

5 weeks ago

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.

6 weeks ago

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.

2 months ago

Pentagon taps industry for nuclear-powered propulsion for its satellites

The Defense Innovation Unit is looking for commercial solutions that can provide nuclear-powered propulsion for military satellites.

2 months ago

Pentagon seeks microbe miners to cut rare earth reliance on China

Researchers at the Pentagon have launched a program that aims to extract rare earth minerals critical for military technologies from domestic sources ― using microscopic bugs.

2 months ago