Pentagon Approves 5 Small Commercial Drones for Troops

The Pentagon has given the green light for military units to purchase small drones from five companies following a monthslong review aimed at ending the military's reliance on emerging tech made in China.

Specifically, the drones that have been OKed for purchase next month include 

1. Skydio's X2-D; 

2. Parrot's Anafi USA; 

3. Altavian's M440 Ion; 

4. Teal Drones' Golden Eagle 

5. Vantage Robotics' Vesper

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Drone That Could Replace Army's RQ-7 Shadow Undergoes Testing

Designed for
expeditionary land- and sea-based operations and equipped for simultaneous day
and night full-motion video, communications relay, signals intelligence and a
customer-selected payload in a single flight, Textron Systems' Aerosonde Small
Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) delivers reliable, multi-mission performance in
a class by itself. It is field-proven with more than 450,000 flight hours,
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Lockheed has confirmed that it is developing the SR-72 spy plane At hype...

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has confirmed that it is developing the SR-72 spy plane. The successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, which was capable of Mach 3.5, the SR-72 will be a hypersonic unmanned aircraft capable of Mach 6, or just over 4,500 mph. At hypersonic speeds, the SR-72 will be able to traverse any continent in around an hour — meaning, if they’re strategically positioned around the world on aircraft carriers, the US military can strike or surveil any location on Earth in about an hour. It is also suspected that the SR-72’s hypersonic engine tech — some kind of hybrid scramjet — will find its way into the US military’s High Speed Strike Weapon (HSSW), a missile that can theoretically strike anywhere on Earth in just a few minutes.

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