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Mar- 2023 -21 March
Royal Navy Receives New Banshee Drone Fleet From QinetiQ
Technology provider QinetiQ has handed over new Banshee Jet 80+ remotely piloted air systems to the UK Royal Navy.
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20 March
Israel Approves Counter-Drone System Sale for Ukraine: Report
Israel has reportedly approved an export license for the possible sale of a counter-drone system to Ukraine.
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20 March
Australia to Deliver Test Vehicles for US Hypersonic Research
Hypersonix Launch Systems has signed a contract to deliver hypersonic test vehicles to the US Defense Innovation Unit.
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16 March
US Releases Video of Alleged Drone Collision
The US released a video it said shows an "unsafe" intercept by Russian Su-27 fighter jets when one struck an American MQ-9 Reaper drone.
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15 March
Russia Races to Salvage US Drone Wreckage in Black Sea
Moscow will try to retrieve the wreckage of a US MQ-9 Reaper drone that crashed over the Black Sea in a confrontation Washington blamed on Russia.
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14 March
Taiwan Unveils Portable Kamikaze Drone as China Tensions Rise
Taiwan unveiled its first portable attack drone, an unmanned aerial vehicle similar to the US-made Switchblade 300, as China steps up military pressure on the island.
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14 March
Russian Su-27 Causes American MQ-9 Reaper Drone to Crash Over Black Sea: US
A Russian fighter jet dumped fuel on an American drone over the Black Sea and then collided with it, causing the drone to crash, the US military said.
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14 March
Kraken Awarded Sonar Contract for US Underwater Drones
Kraken Robotics has received a $1.5-million contract to supply its AquaPix synthetic aperture sonar for a US defense customer.
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10 March
US Air Force Buys 17 Target Drones From Kratos
The US Air Force has awarded Kratos a $21.7-million contract for the full-rate production of BQM-167A aerial target drones.
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9 March
General Atomics Air-Launched Armed Drone Program Nears Critical Design Review
General Atomics is set to complete the LongShot air-launched armed drone program phase 2 in early 2023.
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