The US Army plans to downselect three potential replacements for its Textron RQ-7 Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) later this month before handing them over to operational units for a ‘try-decide-buy’ procurement.
The US Marine Corps is planning to use a cash prize effort in development and procurement of its MUX unmanned aircraft
Cash prizes are an unorthodox way of procuring a major weapon system
Aurora Flight Sciences has indefinitely delayed the first flight of its Odysseus solar-powered high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology demonstrator nine months after unveiling the platform to the public.
The US Army Futures Command is issuing a solicitation request to industry to collect information on emerging robotics and sensor technologies for small tactical units under the incipient Smart Targeting Environment for Lower Level Assets (STELLA) programme.
The US Air Force’s (USAF’s) Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) spaceplane returned to the earth’s surface on 27 October after spending 780 days in space on its latest mission.