Defence’s announcement that it would acquire six Large Optionally Crewed Surface Vessels (LOSV) took many observers, including this one, by surprise. Digging into the program, however, this is a more logical move than it may at first seem. First of…
BAE Systems has fellow UK firm acquired Malloy Aeronautics for an undisclosed amount. Berkshire-based Malloy Aeronautics designs and supplies all-electric Uncrewed Air Vehicles (UAV) to both civil and military customers. Malloy Aeronautics Malloy Aeronautics will become part of FalconWorks, the research…
The Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) has tested successfully two undersea communications and ISR technologies at this year’s EX Autonomous Warrior, held in Jervis Bay in the fortnight before the Indo Pacific 2023 maritime expo in Sydney. Rock Lobster…
EOS Defense Systems USA, Inc, the US defence subsidiary of Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has been selected to provide the EOS AS-65 gimbal, developed for the R150 remote weapon system (RWS), as the positioning component for the L3Harris Vehicle Agnostic…
USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141) and USCGC John Scheuerman (WPC 1146) transit the Strait of Hormuz with a US Navy L3 Harris Arabian Fox MAST-13 USV. Image: US Navy An Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) from U.S. 5th Fleet has transited…
New York-based L3Harris Technologies will acquire Los Angeles-based space propulsion specialist Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc for US$4.7 billion. This marks L3Harris’ second acquisition announcement of 2022, demonstrating its continued focus on delivering critical capabilities to warfighters while strengthening the nation’s…
L3Harris Technologies has delivered the first tranche of more than 100 T7™ Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) robots to the U.S. Air Force as part of a contract supporting the USAF’s global EOD mission. The initial four-robot delivery represents the first…