Air News & Articles

June 2024 saw a number of significant developments published on Defense Advancement in reconnaissance UAVs, counter-drone solutions, and Embedded GPS INS systems, with Eurosatory introducing an array of new technology

Aurora Flight Sciences' SKIRON-XLE is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell and is expected to deliver flight times of over five hours

By integrating multiple drones, robotic systems and AI, Thales' OpenDRobotics transforms collaborative combat reducing the cognitive burden on warfighters while keeping them out of harm’s way

Platform Aerospace’s Vanilla, a long endurance UAS that can be configured for ISR, Communications Relay, Decoy, ALE, SIGINT, and EW, has completed a 27-hour flight exercise

Curtiss-Wright's new packetizer module simultaneously combines information from one or two IRIG-106 PCM streams into industry-standard packets

Granta Autonomy's Hornet XR recon unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) weighs 2.9kg, launches with a simple throw, and silently flies for up to 3 hours

Built using Tactical-grade Fiber Optic Gyroscope technology, the new INS-FI by Inertial Labs has an IP67 rating ensuring exceptional durability and performance in harsh environments

A Kratos MQM-178 Firejet was flown autonomously in a recent flight trial, using Shield AI’s “Hivemind” AI Pilot integrated with Parry Labs’ EC Micro to demonstrate advanced autonomy and open architecture edge compute

The 8-channel ADC DAU by Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions supports Power over Ethernet and provides daisy-chain connectivity without needing a switch

Aurora Flight Sciences’ optionally piloted aircraft (OPA) has proved effective in a series of flight tests, demonstrating its ability to operate uncrewed and provide airborne ISR

With six sensors, the new infrared detection system from HENSOLDT consists of a central computer and an imaging unit, with 360-degree protection for flying platforms