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Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® has worked with the University of Iowa's Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) to trial the use of AI in air-to-air missions, using AI to directly fly and conduct tactical exercises with an L-29 Delfin jet

RapidFlight has won a contract to produce and develop its SPX Platform, a Group 2 UAS featuring a 12 lb. payload capacity and 150 nm range, along with a modular payload bay

The U.S. Air Force, working with the Defense Innovation Unit, has selected four companies to develop prototype systems for the Enterprise Test Vehicle (ETV) Project

At the International Aerospace Exhibition, June 5th-9th, Airbus will display its Wingman fighter-type concept drone that will be controlled by a pilot in a current combat aircraft

Bell has received DARPA funding to continue its X-Plane design for the SPRINT program, drawing on its expertise in high-speed vertical takeoff and landing (HSVTOL) technology to develop the new aircraft

The U.S. Space Force PECO has granted Honeywell’s EAGLE-M EGI with M-Code MSO-c145b authorization, aiming to replace EGIs that relied on SAASM embedded GPS receivers

For DARPA’s ANCILLARY initiative, Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky is flight testing a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) UAS, aiming to develop a Class 3 X-Plane that can operate from unprepared surfaces

Northrop Grumman will leverage its expertise in autonomous vertical lift aircraft to advance the design and system technology for DARPA's ANCILLARY autonomous VTOL uncrewed aircraft system

Down selected  for DARPA’s ANCILLARY program, AeroVironment’s (AV) Wildcat X-Plane design is a low-weight, large-payload, long-endurance VTOL UAS, built for ship-based operations in challenging maritime environments

Airolit, Carmenta and BAE Systems Hägglunds are integrating autonomous drone surveillance capabilities into a combat vehicle, the CV90, aiming to extend sensor reach

Aurora Flight Sciences will begin a preliminary design review of their low-drag, fan-in-wing X-plane, integrating a blended wing body platform and combining VTOL with impressive speed