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We have always found a route to yes, says air regulator
The Military Aviation Authority has yet to meet an uncrewed system for which it could not find a path to approval, its head of regulation and certification told the #ApexEurope conference in London on Wednesday.
Uncrewed Systems Centre to pull drone buying together
A newly arrived two-star now has the job of making British drone buying cohere, the Military Aviation Authority told #ApexEurope.
Two of Britain’s new E-7 aircraft airborne
Both of the Royal Air Force's delivered Boeing E-7 Wedgetail aircraft were flying at the same time on Thursday afternoon, the first occasion on which the two have been airborne together.
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Seeing Systems unveils Reaver drone carrier
Seeing Systems has unveiled Reaver, an uncrewed boat built to carry, launch and recover up to a hundred strike drones. #ApexEurope
Ukrainian strikes blast Russian frigates at Novorossiysk
A single Ukrainian drone attack on Novorossiysk has significantly degraded the land-attack cruise missile capability of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, accounting for forty per cent of its Kalibr-capable surface ships.
Sweden counts its difficult waters as an advantage
The Baltic archipelago defeats sonar, and the Swedish navy treats that as an advantage worth having. #ApexEurope
Robot boat found its way in the Solent without satellites
An uncrewed surface vessel has been navigated through the Solent using radar matched against stored maps of the coastline rather than satellite positioning. #ApexEurope
Drone vessel firm Syos takes outside investment
SYOS Aerospace has raised institutional money for the first time after five years funding its growth entirely from customer contracts.
AVIATION NEWS
The missile is the easy part of deep precision strike
Defining deep precision strike as the ability to put a missile on a target hundreds of kilometres away is thinking about the problem too narrowly, said Luke Wattam, co-founder of the British company Labrys Technologies at #ApexEurope.
Electronic warfare is driving the move to autonomy
The spread of localised electronic warfare across the front in Ukraine is what is pushing drones towards autonomy, the head of UK land at Helsing told the #ApexEurope conference in London.
We have always found a route to yes, says air regulator
The Military Aviation Authority has yet to meet an uncrewed system for which it could not find a path to approval, its head of regulation and certification told the #ApexEurope conference in London on Wednesday.
Uncrewed Systems Centre to pull drone buying together
A newly arrived two-star now has the job of making British drone buying cohere, the Military Aviation Authority told #ApexEurope.
Two of Britain’s new E-7 aircraft airborne
Both of the Royal Air Force's delivered Boeing E-7 Wedgetail aircraft were flying at the same time on Thursday afternoon, the first occasion on which the two have been airborne together.
LAND NEWS
Open architecture or we cannot use you, say forces
Equipment that cannot plug into the command system the Army already runs will not get used, a Royal Artillery colonel told #ApexEurope.
Logistics wins wars, says Rune Technologies co-founder
Wargames still let fuel simply appear and ammunition run infinite, the co-founder of Rune Technologies told #ApexEurope.
Car parts giant lends engineers to German missile maker
ZF, one of the world's largest automotive suppliers, is providing engineering services to Diehl Defence on selected development projects, and is seconding its own specialists to work alongside Diehl staff.
RENK wins transmission order for Patria tracked vehicles
The German drivetrain manufacturer RENK has taken a follow-on order worth €30 million from Patria for transmissions to go into the TRACKX family of light tracked vehicles.
Most British manufacturers now eyeing defence work
Nearly three-quarters of British manufacturers are already working in defence or exploring how to get into it, and four in five have adopted or are trialling artificial intelligence, according to the accountancy firm Crowe.
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