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• Dominic Perry
Elysian, previously focused on a 90-seat battery-electric airliner, is shifting into next-generation drone technologies through a project backed by the Dutch defense ministry. The available report does not specify the project’s scope, timetable or funding, leaving its relationship to Elysian’s airliner effort unclear.
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Elysian, previously focused on a 90-seat battery-electric airliner, is shifting into next-generation drone technologies through a project backed by the Dutch defense ministry. The available report does not specify the project’s scope, timetable or funding, leaving its relationship to Elysian’s airliner effort unclear.
NATO’s Communications and Information Agency has selected 16 counter-uncrewed aerial systems from five companies for a new marketplace. The platform lets allies access the solutions without running separate tenders, aiming to make counter-drone capabilities easier to acquire.
NATO has launched a marketplace intended to speed allied access to counter-drone technologies and meet urgent operational requirements. Allies plan to invest more than $40 billion in counter-drone capabilities over the next five years under the initiative, the alliance said.
Ryazan’s governor said drone debris sparked a fire at an industrial facility in the Russian region, later reporting that it had been contained. Geolocated footage shows flames in the direction of an industrial zone that includes the Ryazan refinery, but the facility involved has not been identified and the exact filming date remains unconfirmed.
Vector introduced a ready-to-go one-way attack drone package called the Warfighter’s Stack. The company says it includes the drone, an HV-ESAD to hold an explosive payload, and a remote control; the announcement identifies the package’s components but provides no further performance or procurement details.
The Army’s clip-on MALET kit is designed to let soldiers rapidly adapt existing mortars for use as small bombs carried and released by drones. The approach links an established munition to unmanned aircraft, offering a way to add a new delivery method without replacing the mortar itself.
The Air Force wants Sierra Nevada Corp. to maintain its retired A-29 Super Tucanos in storage at Edwards Air Force Base, California, after ending their use in test-pilot training. Separately, SNC has withdrawn its clean-sheet Freedom Jet from the Navy’s T-45 replacement competition, leaving Textron’s M-346N as the only known major contender.
Slovenia’s Valhalla Turrets says its ASGARD system, armed with a Dillon Aero M134D 7.62 mm Gatling gun, completed several days of live-fire testing and fired thousands of rounds. Separately, an Israeli defense company says its Arbel electromechanical device is programmed to set a firing cadence optimized for engaging drones.
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