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Uncrewed Vehicles
One-way loitering munition touted as low-cost alternative by Titra
26th October 2022
Turkish company Titra displayed its Deli loitering munition for the first time at this week's SAHA exhibition in Istanbul, with service entry and serial production due before the end of 2022.
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Digital Battlespace
AeroVironment releases Puma VNS for GPS-contested drone navigation
16th September 2022
Puma 2 AE and Puma AE 3 operators will be able to fly their drones even if no GPS is available.
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Air Warfare
AeroVironment reveals all-electric UAS
13th September 2022
The new all-electric AeroVironment UAS helicopter, named VAPOR 55 MX, has an increased endurance and expanded payload capacity.
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Land Warfare
Humvee Saber packs a sting with Hornet
17th October 2022
A new variant of the HMMWV from AM General includes a remote weapon station for C-UAS operations and pods for loitering munitions.
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Air Warfare
AeroVironment will supply Puma 3 AE sUAS to two US-allied nations
21st September 2022
AeroVironment has received two firm-fixed-price US DoD FMS contracts worth $20.87 million.
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Digital Battlespace
AeroVironment expands Mantis family with expected benefits for Raven sUAS operators
31st August 2022
The new Mantis i23 D micro-gimbal includes improved target detection capability and a wider horizontal field of view.
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Air Warfare
AeroVironment takes on FTUAS Increment 1
22nd August 2022
Increment 1 of the US Army’s Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System includes the testing and fielding of the Jump 20 MUAS on an accelerated schedule.
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Defence Notes
France favours air force in 2023 defence budget
11th October 2022
Galvanised by the Russia-Ukraine war, French military spending plans for 2023 focus on fixed-wing aviation.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
AeroVironment expands flight autonomy presence with Planck Aerosystems acquisition
18th August 2022
The acquisition of Planck Aerosystems gives AeroVironment more capabilities in UAV guidance and navigation, autonomy and AI.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
US Army orders more RQ-20B Puma 3 AE small UASs from AeroVironment
25th July 2022
AeroVironment is providing almost 50 more RQ-20B Puma 3 AE small UASs to the US Army.
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Defence Notes
Accelerated introduction of new military procurement law reflects changed priorities in France
15th August 2022
The French government is bringing a new Military Programming Law into force two years ahead of schedule.
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Air Warfare
Eurosatory 2022: Loitering munitions are causing a 'revolution', claims AeroVironment
16th June 2022
With Eurosatory 2022 taking place with the backdrop of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, AeroVironment's loitering munitions remain attention-grabbing systems.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
AeroVironment calls on US Army to scrap FTUAS Increment 2
18th May 2022
A leading competitor involved in the US Army's Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (FTUAS) programme wants to see a forthcoming phase in the project axed.
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Air Warfare
Air Warfare magazine: RAF modernisation; Middle East UCAVs; and more
31st May 2022
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Ukraine strikes with Switchblade
9th May 2022
Drone video footage released on 6 May showed an attack on a Russian machine gun position.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
Quantix Recon (Ukraine Aid) [US]
Programme Background April Meeting In mid-April, just shy of two months after Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, the Ambassador and the Defence Attaché at the Embassy of Ukraine met ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Puma 3 AE (Uzbekistan)
Programme Background Original FMS ContractOn 27 January 2022, the US DoD announced AeroVironment had been awarded an $8.54 million firm-fixed-price contract for an unknown quantity of ...
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Loitering munitions
Lethal Unmanned Systems (LUS) [US Army]
Programme Background DoD Contract On 27 August 2024, the US DoD announced that AeroVironment had been awarded a $990 million hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract to provide "an ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
Blackwing (Second Batch) [USA]
Programme BackgroundFirst Batch The Blackwing originated from a 2013 initiative to develop a low-cost submarine-launched UAS for the US Navy. Following successful tests with the ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
Blackwing (First Batch) [USA]
Programme Background AeroVironment developed the Blackwing system as part of a 2013 US Navy and US Pacific Command (PACOM) sponsored Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration (JCTD) ...
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Loitering munitions
Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System (LMAMS) (Contracted) [US Army]
Programme Background First Contract In June 2011, the US awarded AeroVironment a $4.9 series-production contract for the loitering munition, satisfying the US Army's Lethal Miniature ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Puma 2 AE (Estonia)
Programme Background The US DoD announced that it had awarded AeroVironment an $8.868 million firm-fixed-price contract to supply an undisclosed number of RQ-20B Puma AE ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Vector / Scorpion [Netherlands]
Programme Background AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven B The Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) operates approximately 75 AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven B mini UAVs in the tactical ISTAR role, ...
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Loitering munitions
Switchblade 300 [France]
Programme Background Plans to Purchase At Eurosatory 2022, Col. Arnaud Goujon, the French Army's chief of plans, told the media that the French Army was ...
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Loitering munitions
Switchblade 600 [USSOCOM]
Programme Background Contract One AeroVironment confirmed in an April 2021 statement that it had been awarded a $26 million contract from the United States Special Operations ...
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Loitering munitions
Artemis [US]
Background Origin Artemis was begun in 2024 due to the demand from the US European Command and Indo-Pacific Command for UAVs that met the below requirements. ...
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Loitering munitions
Organic Precision Fire - Light (OPF-L) [USMC]
Programme Background Force Design 2030 The USMC Force Design 2030 is a modernisation effort to create a lighter, more agile maritime force. In May 2022, an annual ...
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Loitering munitions
Switchblade 600 (Ukraine Aid) [US]
Programme Background $300 Million USAI (1 April 2022) On 1 April 2022, the US DoD announced a $300 million military aid package for Ukraine following ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing
Switchblade 300 (USA)
Programme Background AeroVironment has been providing the Switchblade 300 loitering munition to the US Army under the long-standing Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile Systems (LMAMS) programme ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing
Switchblade 300 (UK)
Programme Background ContextAeroVironment has been providing the Switchblade 300 loitering munition to the US Army under the long-standing Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile Systems (LMAMS) programme ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
P550
Designed by AeroVironment, the P550 is a fixed-wing UAV that can host reconnaissance, EW or offensive payloads. It was developed with Parry Labs and features Modular Open Systems ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Puma 2 AE
The Puma 2 All Environment (AE), or RQ-20B in US nomenclature, is the second generation of AeroVironment's small UAS. The Puma 2 AE is sometimes called ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small
VAPOR 55 MX
AeroVironment's VAPOR 55 MX is an all-electric rotary-wing small UAV. It features a modular architecture that users can configure to support various mission requirements. For example, ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
Quantix Recon
Quantix Recon is a fully autonomous reconnaissance and mapping UAS manufactured by AeroVironment. These capabilities are provided by the platform's 18MP RGB and Militpsectral camera, which ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE
Global Observer
The AeroVironment Global Observer HALE UAV was a developmental HALE UAV designed for various civil, commercial and government applications. Development of the platform began in 2007 ...
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EO/IR systems
Mantis i45
The Mantis i45 is a compact EO/IR system from AeroVironment. It features a 15MP colour day sensor, a VGA resolution LWIR sensor and a class 3B laser ...
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EO/IR systems
Mantis i23
AeroVironment's Mantis i23 EO/IR payload is designed to conduct ISR from the Raven UAV. The system features a laser illuminator in addition to its 5MP daylight ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Jump 20
The Jump 20 is a VTOL-capable variant of the T-20 platform manufactured by Arcturus UAV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AeroVironment. The platform has an open ...
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Launchers
Multipack Launcher (MPL)
AeroVironment’s Multi Pack Launcher (MPL) is an all-weather remotely operated autonomous launch battery for standard Switchblade and Blackwing systems. The six-round capacity MPL can also be ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
Puma LE
The Puma Long Endurance (LE) is a mini UAS manufactured by AeroVironment. The UAS has AeroVironment’s Mantis i45 gimbaled payload featuring EO/IR cameras and an NVG-visible ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Puma 3 AE
The Puma 3 All Environment (AE), or RQ-20 in US nomenclature, is the third generation of AeroVironment's small UAS. The UAS is designed for reconnaissance and ...
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EO/IR systems
Mantis i45 N
The Mantis i45 N is a dual-axis, gyro-stabilised, multi-sensor nighttime imaging payload system designed for ISR operations. Manufactured by AeroVironment, it features dual LWIR sensors, ...
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Loitering munitions
Switchblade 300
The Switchblade 300 is a man-portable, tube-launched loitering munition manufactured by AeroVironment. The platform is rapidly deployable by one operator from either a self-contained ground launcher ...
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EO/IR systems
Mantis i23 D
Unveiled in 2022, the Mantis i23 D is a compact daytime imaging payload for ISR missions. It features a dual 18MP EO sensor, a 24x ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Snipe Nano
The Snipe Nano was a micro rotary-wing UAV developed by AeroVironment. Designed to give dismounted troops an immediate "over the wall, down the alley [and] around the hill" ISR ...
