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9 April

Soldier setting up a SATCOM dish on the field

L3Harris, Kuiper Partner on Resilient Satellite Communications Solutions

L3Harris has partnered with Kuiper Government Solutions to develop hybrid satellite communications (SATCOM) capabilities.

9 April

Joe Saballa

General Atomics to Enhance US Military Precision With ‘Bullseye’ Missile

General Atomics is set to supercharge the US military’s precision strike capabilities with the “Bullseye” precision-guided missile.

9 April

Staff Writer With AFP

Yemen Rebels Say Four Killed in US Strikes on West

Yemen's Houthi rebels said US strikes on the western province of Hodeida killed four people and wounded 13 others.

9 April

Staff Writer With AFP

Poland Plays Down US Troop Withdrawal Fears

Poland insisted US troops would remain on its territory, after Washington announced it would reposition personnel from a key base near the Ukrainian border.

8 April

Surveyor-class Uncrewed Surface Vehicle equipped with BlueSentry sonar payload.

Giulia Bernacchi

Thales Australia, Saildrone Integrate Sonar Payload Into Uncrewed Vehicle

Thales Australia has integrated its BlueSentry thin-line towed sonar array into the Surveyor-class uncrewed surface vehicle developed Saildrone.

8 April

The lead Navajo towing, salvage, and rescue ship, the USNS Navajo (T-ATS 6)

Rojoef Manuel

Austal Christens Sixth US Navy Navajo T-ATS Ship

Austal USA has christened the US Navy’s sixth Navajo-class towing, salvage, and rescue vessel, the USNS Billy Frank Jr. (T-ATS 11), in Mobile, Alabama.

8 April

Rojoef Manuel

Firefly to Deploy Elytra Dawn Spacecraft for Pentagon’s Orbital Missions

The US Department of Defense has awarded Firefly Aerospace a contract to facilitate orbital missions using its Elytra Dawn space vehicle.

8 April

Autonomous mission executed by three V-BAT Team was the final milestone of an AFWERX autonomy effort under their Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) program and collaboration with the AFRL Sensors Directorate.

Rojoef Manuel

Shield AI Launches Upgraded V-BAT Drone for US, Allied Users

Shield AI has introduced a modernized version of its V-BAT unmanned aerial system to provide enhanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operability for US and allied customers.

8 April

An unmanned surface vehicle is craned aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LCS 30), as a part of the first embarkation of the Mine Countermeasures (MCM) mission package, April 23. The MCM mission package is an integrated suite of unmanned maritime systems and sensors which locates, identifies, and destroys mines in the littorals while increasing the ship’s standoff distance from the threat area. Littoral Combat Ships are fast, optimally-manned, mission-tailored surface combatants that operate in near-shore and open-ocean environments, winning against 21st-century coastal threats. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Vance Hand)

Rojoef Manuel

US Navy Accepts Anti-Mine USVs From Bollinger

Bollinger Shipyards has handed over the first mine countermeasures unmanned surface vehicles to the US Navy as part of a contract signed in 2022.

8 April

Joe Saballa

Anduril Introduces Copperhead: A Torpedo-Inspired Underwater Kamikaze Drone

Anduril has unveiled a torpedo-inspired underwater attack drone, said to reshape undersea warfare with rapid, cost-effective responses to emerging threats.

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