Mumbai based ideaForge Technology Ltd. have announced that it has bagged an order worth Rs 88 crore from the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the supply of surveillance quadcopters with accessories to one of the Armed forces, as reported by cnbctv18. Ideaforge Technology is a leader in the Indian unmanned aircraft systems market, with…
Red Cat Holdings, Inc., a drone technology company integrating robotic hardware and software for military, government and commercial operations, today announces that subsidiary Teal Drones has received a $2.6 million purchase order to supply its Teal 2 sUAS to the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). Teal Drones will deliver 172 units of the Teal 2 plus…
Coromandel International’s subsidiary, Dhaksha Unmanned Systems has bagged an order worth Rs 165 crore for defence and agri drones, from the Indian Army. The order is for the supply of 200 medium altitude logistics drones and accessories to the Indian Army. Recently, Daksha Unmanned Systems had also bagged a 400-drone contract from agri inputs cooperative IFFCO for…
India has prohibited the domestic military drone manufacturers from using components made in China over concerns about security vulnerabilities, according to four defence and industry officials and documents reviewed by Reuters. Three of these people and some of the six other government and industry figures interviewed by Reuters spoke on the condition of anonymity as…
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for cooperation in Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Innovative Air Mobility. This MoU will focus on collaboration on unmanned aircraft and innovative air mobility between the two civil aviation authorities. This collaboration would…
Elbit Systems has received a first purchase order worth approximately $180 million to supply the first three out of a maximum seven Watchkeeper X UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) as part of a framework contract with the Romanian Ministry of National Defense with a maximum value of approximately $410 million (1.89 billion Lei). The purchase order…
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), on June 15, 2023, accorded the Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for acquisition of 31 MQ-9B drones (16 Sky Guardian and 15 Sea Guardian) High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) for Tri-Services from the USA through Foreign Military Sale (FMS) route. The Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) included the…
The State Department of United States (US) has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the Government of the Netherlands of MQ-9A Reaper Block 5 aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $611 million. The Government of the Netherlands has requested to buy up to four (4) MQ-9A Block 5 aircraft; up…
