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USMC weighing ARV bids for prototyping competition 04 May 2021 by Ashley Roque Industry bids for the US Marine Corps’ (USMC’s) advanced reconnaissance vehicle (ARV) prototyping competition were due on 3 May and at least two companies said they are vying for contracts. Both General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) and Textron Systems announced that they had responded to the service’s request for prototype proposals: a document only available to National Advanced Mobility Consortium members. In a 2020 draft publicly released, the service said it intends to award up to four contracts for this...

Army Drone Rodeo Will Feature Textron's Vertical Takeoff UAS Textron Systems Aerosonde Hybrid Quad which will be participating in the Army Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial System Rodeo at Fort Benning, Georgia in March 2021. (Photo courtesy of Textron) 1 Mar 2021 Textron Systems is preparing to show off its vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial system in an Army drone rodeo at Fort Benning, Georgia, for companies competing to replace the service's RQ-7B Shadow. The Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems, or FTUAS, Rodeo will run through the first week of March and feature troops demons...

2021 Is the Year the Small Drone Arms Race Heats Up The cat-and-mouse of drone defense and offense is entering a new phase. As drones become smarter, cheaper, more nimble, easier for rogue adversaries to acquire and more advanced adversaries to evolve, they pose a unique threat for the U.S. military that grows in importance as the objects themselves diminish in size. This year, trends in autonomy will reshape drone capabilities and concepts, making them more offensively useful and even harder to defend against. “Drones and most likely drone swarms are something you’re going to see...