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AeroVironment Wins $5.9M Contract For Unmanned Aircraft

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Simi Valley-based unmanned aircraft systems developer Aerovironment reported a $5.9M contract win this week, saying it signed a deal to deliver its Puma 3 AE aircraft systems to a European allied nation. Department of Defense Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract award. AeroVironment says its Puma 3 AE has a wingspan of 9.2

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Teledyne Wins $20M F-35 Contract

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Teledyne Advanced Electronics Solutions (AES), a business unit of Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne , reports this morning that it has won a $20M contract related to its support of the F-35 aircraft program.

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Silvus Gets $1M DARPA Award For RF Spectrum Scanning

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Los angeles-based Silvus Technologies, a startup developing radio frequency (RF) spectrum scanning technology, has scored $1M from a Phase Three DARPA contract, the company said today. Silvus says it expected to demonstrate the operation of its technology in a field test in March of 2021.

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Canoo, the electric vehicle startup formed from Faraday Future’s ashes, seeks $200 million

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Canoo is locking in final contracts with its vendors and is going to be in production with prototypes before the end of the year. Initially, Canoo will target customers in Los Angeles and the Bay Area, with additional plans to expand to San Diego and Seattle when the company brings its commercial vehicles to market in 2021. operations.

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Manufacturing startup Divergent 3D reduces staff by one-third

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The company, which employed about 160 people, laid off 57 workers, according to documents filed with the California Employment Development Department. Structures such as chassis components and subframes, for which Divergent has supply contracts, are going through various testing and validation stages, depending on the program.

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Los Angeles-based Ficto launches its Quibi competitor — with Niantic as a content partner

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Shows on the platform at launch include a gameplay-focused series built around the augmented reality game, Ingress , developed by Niantic , the game studio behind the massive AR hit Pokemon Go. Series run anywhere from three to ten episodes and there area an additional twenty shows that are currently in production now.

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Canoo takes the covers off of its debut electric vehicle

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Remarkably, Canoo has completed the design and engineering of its first model in just 19 months and is preparing its vehicles for production through a contract manufacturer. The first cars are slated to appear on the road by 2021, according to the company’s current leader, Ulrich Kranz. “After the launch in the U.S.