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6 February

BlackSky Secures New International Defense Contracts for ISR Satellite Subscription

BlackSky Technology has received multiple contracts to provide Gen-3 Assured satellite services to a new international defense user, expanding the company’s global footprint.

6 February

Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion

Rojoef Manuel

Ukraine Opens National Student Contest for Perching FPV Drone Tech

Ukraine’s Brave1 defense innovation cluster has launched a national engineering competition inviting students to develop a payload for tactical first-person view drones to enable perching while on standby.

6 February

Europe

UK Royal Navy crewmember drops sonobouys into the sea

Ronald Watkins

UK Orders Sonobuoys to Boost Merlin Helicopter ASW Capabilities

Ultra Maritime has won a $54.3-million contract to supply sonobuoys for the Royal Navy’s Merlin Mk2 maritime helicopters.

6 February

Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Palladyne AI Flies Fully Autonomous Heterogeneous Drone Swarm

Palladyne AI has advanced drone autonomy with its IntelliSwarm software, powering a fully autonomous heterogeneous drone swarm during a recent flight test.

6 February

Europe

Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh check their position before carrying out contact drills. Photo: Corporal Rebecca Brown/Royal Logistics Corps/British Army

Giulia Bernacchi

UK Defense SMEs Pitch Dual-Use Technologies to Investors

The UK held its first investor pitching event for defense and dual-use technologies, with companies delivering pitches directly to investors.

6 February

Nuclear

Staff Writer With AFP

Russia, US Agreed That Renewing Nuclear Talks Necessary: Kremlin

Russia and the US agree that it is necessary to renew nuclear talks, after the last treaty limiting Moscow's and Washington's arsenals ended.

6 February

Asia Pacific

Security personnel cordon off the site of a mosque blast inside the provincial police headquarters in Peshawar

Staff Writer With AFP

Suicide Blast at Islamabad Mosque Kills at Least 30, Wounds Over 130: Police

A suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in Pakistan's capital Islamabad killed at least 30 people and wounded more than 130.

6 February

Air

A twin-engine multi-mission aircraft operated by QinetiQ flying above cloud cover, configured for surveillance, test, and intelligence-gathering roles.

Ethan M. Encarnacion

European Multi-Mission Aircraft Heads Into Advanced ISR Territory With New Tech

Two European firms have given a special mission aircraft improved versatility in ISR missions with the installation of a new communications setup.

6 February

Europe

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Scaled-Down HADIS Unmanned Glider Soars in Breakthrough Test

HENSOLDT has put its High Altitude Drop Infiltrating System through a key flight test, launching a scaled down version from an A400M transport aircraft.

6 February

Sea