US Army’s unmanned aircraft rodeo firms up requirements for Shadow replacement March 3
Soldiers check out Textron s Aerosonde HQ at the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System rodeo at Fort Benning, Georgia in March 2021. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army) WASHINGTON The U.S. Army is putting the finishing touches on its requirements for a replacement for its Shadow unmanned aircraft system as it conducts a week-long rodeo with four tactical UAS that offer far greater capability than the decades old, runway-dependent, noisy and logistically burdensome system used today. The Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (FTUAS) rodeo, which began March 1 at Fort Benning, Georgia and is expected to end March 5, is part of a long-running evaluation of future capabilities.
For CAE the future means expansion in cyber, space and more defense acquisitions
A visual representation of an augmented reality effort with the Hungarian military. (CAE) WASHINGTON With defense budgets around the globe expected to fall, simulation and training firm CAE is moving to diversify its defense and security portfolio, with an emphasis on space and cyber capabilities. Dan Gelston, who took over CAE’s defense and security business unit in August 2020, told Defense News that his team is also looking to partner with defense primes during the early stages of new competitions, a shift which could require CAE investing in research and engineering efforts.
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The Army is expected to call for final submissions to its Future Long Range Assault Aircraft competition later this year and may award contracts in 2022.
US Army plans major aviation exercise ahead of Project Convergence January 28 A drone ascends for operational testing during Project Convergence 20 at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., on Sept. 15, 2020. (Spc. Jovian Siders/U.S. Army) WASHINGTON The U.S. Army will head out west to conduct an intricate, aviation-focused exercise called Edge 21 ahead of the service’s second Project Convergence event, Brig. Gen. Walter Rugen, who is in charge of Army aviation modernization, told Defense News in a recent interview. Edge 21 which stands for Experimental Demonstration Gateway Exercise will be held at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, in May, Rugen said, and will serve as a gateway event for Project Convergence 21.