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Replicator gets $200 million in newly released defense spending bill

Replicator, the Pentagon’s effort to buy and field thousands of drones by next August, is closer than ever to its first round of funding.Congress...

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Firms get face time, few details from Hicks’ Replicator tour

WASHINGTON — Nine companies got a meeting. Two companies got site visits. But very few of the industry executives who spoke with Deputy Secretary...

Counter-drone tech need like that of 155mm shells: Pentagon’s LaPlante

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — The Pentagon’s acquisition chief says that the need for drone defenses resembles that for 155mm artillery shells, which are in...

US Army mulls multiple versions of tank-killing drone for infantry

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army could tap several companies to supply tank-busting drones under the fledgling LASSO program, according to one acquisition leader.The Low...

US Army developing LASSO tank-killing drone for infantry

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army kicked off a program to quickly provide soldiers a portable, tank-busting drone, amid ballooning use of similar equipment in...

Here’s who will move forward in the Bradley replacement competition

WASHINGTON — American Rheinmetall Vehicles and General Dynamics Land Systems will continue on in the U.S. Army’s pursuit of an Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle...

French Army taps Nexter to build tank-busting kamikaze drones

PARIS — The French military has selected Nexter to develop new drones equipped with anti-tank warheads for the army, with a goal to demonstrate...

Marines want $200M for powerful drone-killing machines

By fall 2024, Marine Corps low altitude air defense battalions will begin receiving a powerful new weapon: Marine air defense integrated systems, or L-MADIS,...

Denmark seeks small drones able to operate in cold temperatures

MILAN, Italy — The Danish Defence Ministry has issued a multimillion-dollar tender for several small drones intended for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and fire support...

Which fighter jet is best for Ukraine as it fights off Russia

WASHINGTON — When Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, the Kremlin had an air force that could draw on hundreds of MiG and Sukhoi...

US Army chooses 5 companies to compete for Army’s future tactical UAS

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army said it selected five companies to build prototypes in a competition to ultimately provide the service with a Future...

US vows to send more drones, aid to Ukraine on war’s anniversary

WASHINGTON ― The Pentagon announced Friday morning it would send more drones to Ukraine as part of a new $2 billion package to help...

Documents reveal secret customer of Hero-30 kamikaze drones

MILAN— The Italian special forces is the undisclosed European NATO member set to receive Hero-30 loitering munitions this year as an “urgent mission requirement,”...

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