A U.S. company has ordered a $20 million counter-drone system to protect its Middle East oil and gas facility, a Powerus executive told Aviation Week Oct. 12.

KAI completes its first manned-uncrewed teaming flight with an FA-50 and the Adaptable Aerial Platform uncrewed aircraft.

Airbus completes the first flight of a Kratos Valkyrie CCA demonstrator in Sweden, targeting a 2028 weapons release test for Germany’s emerging CCA requirement.

An Australian-developed long-endurance uncrewed aircraft flew for almost 2 hr., powered by energy-dense lithium-sulfur batteries and ultra-lightweight perovskite solar arrays.

Sikorsky on Oct. 12 unveiled a containerized version of its Nomad 100 vertical takeoff and landing rotor-blown-wing uncrewed aircraft system designed to rapidly deploy the aircraft.

German private equity investor Aurelius has completed the acquisition of MRO provider Marshall Aerospace, which specializes in maintaining the Lockheed C-130J Hercules.

Japan’s Defense Ministry has signed an acquisition contract with Ukrainian company Skyfall for interceptor drones as Tokyo expands counter-UAS capabilities.

A relocatable, radar-carrying aerostat that can track moving objects up to 150 km. away will be unveiled at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting next week.