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Buying counter-UAS as a service is part of the U.S. Army’s plan for more directed energy to target large numbers of attacking drones.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Poland has launched negotiations to order 22 Leonardo AW101 battlefield helicopters.

QinetiQ is adapting the four-engine airliner to become an Airborne Technology Demonstrator to support radar and sensor integration work for future programs.

Baykar’s Akinci drone as well as its associated weapons and sensors will be produced in Saudi Arabia under a new deal estimated at roughly $3 billion.

The digital transfer to the aircraft from the B-2’s Advanced Communications ground station automates a function that required crews to manually input the data.

Warsaw expects delivery of all four Polish Navy Leonardo AW101s—purchased in a deal worth €380 million ($427 million)—by the end of this year.