Terminator Times #64

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones):

The US will continue flying drones over the areas Trump made the US military retreat from in Syria.

DOD may invest in small drone manufacturers in the US and other allies.

DARPA's X-61A Gremlins tests are all laid out but will have to move due to the earthquake damage suffered at China Like.

The USAF's XQ-58A Valkyrie suffered an accident and damage on landing due to retrieval/landing system failure.

US ARSOAC/USSOCOM trialed the GBU-69/B with the Gray Eagle UAS.

The US Navy will trial cargo UAVs in January 2020.

Australia is testing the ScanEagle UAV for MCM missions.

Australia and Boeing are teaming up to work on AI for UAVs.

Reportedly, China will unveil a new UAV at the Chengchun airshow, the Blue Sword.

France received the last NX70 micro UAVs.

Russia linked a maritime patrol aircraft to a UAV.

A Heron 1 in Singapore was spotted with a new payload.

South Korea's KUS-VH is in a holding pattern.

Aerovironment is pitching a long range version of the Puma hand launched UAV as a Shadow replacement.

AeroVironment is trying to market its Vapor VTOL UAV to the US Army.

Anduril's anti drone drone gets profiled.

Elbit has sold over 1,000 Thor mini UAVs to an undisclosed southeast asian nation (probably the Philippines).

FLIR is upgrading the camera on its Sky Raider UAV.

General Atomics will demonstrate integration of the MQ-9B with the National Airspace System.

Instant Eye is trying to update its UAVs to entice the US military to buy.

Kratos has been showing off a containerized launcher for its Valkyrie.

The US Army FTUAS win by Martin has gained it several contracts.

Raytheon may ship its Howler counter drone system that uses the Coyote drone to Saudi Arabia to work with the Patriot batteries deployed there.

Sikorsky UH-60A has been flown autonomously.

Uvision wants to open a plant in the US to manufacture its suicide drones.

Unmanned Ground Vehicles (Bolos and Ogres):

US Army research could improve combat robots.

The US Army effort for unmanned ground combat vehicles is going better than expected.

The US Army will release the RFP for the small and medium sized UGCVs in November.  Industry unveiled potential contenders.

The Textron owned Howell and Howell Ripsaw has been upgraded with a 30mm for the competition.

Iran unveiled its Heidar-1 UGVs.

Ukrainian company Roboneers showed off its Camel UGV.

Textron has rolled out two versions of the Ripsaw UGV for the US Army's light and medium UGCV programs.

Unmanned Surface Vehicles (Ro-Boats):

Austal has developed an unmanned ship for asia.

Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (robo subs):

Drone-40 is a grenade launcher deployed loitering suicide UUV.

Software Bots:

The US Army is looking at software bots to defend its networks.

The US Army is also looking at tailoring sensors so the data can be analyzed by software bots better.

Exoskeletons:

Lockheed demoed its ONYX exoskeleton.