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QinetiQ has successfully trialled the UK’s first Crewed-Uncrewed-Teaming

Air May 3, 2024

QinetiQ has successfully trialled the UK’s first Crewed-Uncrewed-Teaming demonstration between a crewed aircraft and an autonomous jet drone. The trial – which took place in collaboration with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the Royal Navy and the Air and Space Warfare Centre (ASWC) – saw a QinetiQ jet aircraft ...

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles firm 2G Robotics acquired by Sonardyne

Maritime February 10, 2020

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle and Remotely Operated Vehicle manufacturer 2G Robotics has been acquired by Sonardyne as part of their growth strategy. The firm will continue to work independently on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) as part of the Sonardyne group. The acquisition of 2G Robotics is the ...

DASA launches competition to develop autonomous systems to help troops cross water

Land January 2, 2020

DASA has launched a competition to find autonomous systems for reconnaissance and surveys to help troops crossing water into enemy territory. The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is launching a competition to develop autonomous systems to help troops safely and stealthily advance into enemy territory over water. The military need to ...

Autonomous DASA competition awards £3m funding

Land October 3, 2019

Six companies have been awarded a share of £3m to develop new semi-autonomous concept demonstrators for the British Army. The winners will demonstrate their autonomous innovations at the Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE19) in April 2020. The competition, run by the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), sought to find collaborative ideas that could ...