Air News & Articles

Collaboration for Payload Integration onto Baykar UAVs

The Bayraktar TB2 is a medium-altitude long-endurance tactical UAV, capable of conducting ISR and armed attack missions with fully autonomous taxiing, take-off, landing and cruise

Jan 30, 2024
Customs and Border Protection to Receive Auterion-Powered sUAS

Auterion enables the rapid innovation, deployment, and evolution of robotics capabilities like ISR through the power, flexibility, and interoperability of open architecture software

Jan 30, 2024
Drone Interceptor Weapon System Unveiled

The CobraJet multi-role tactical unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), equipped with an autopilot flight controller and AI microprocessor, can reach targets outside the range of a ground-based weapon system and intercept hostile drones

Jan 25, 2024
Preliminary Testing for Aurora’s Liberty Lifter X-Plane

Testing reduces risk and improves quality as the Aurora team designs their seaplane concept for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Jan 24, 2024
UCAV Autonomy Demonstrated Using MQ-20 & Waveform X

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) used the MQ-20 Avenger to demonstrate its hardware-agnostic, open standards-based autonomy ecosystem for unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) and Waveform X, during a flight test in November

Jan 23, 2024
CAE Contracted for U.S. Army Future Long Range Assault Aircraft Program

CAE is to provide maintenance training and operator effects for Bell's next-generation tiltrotor, the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA)

Jan 22, 2024
SSCI Conducts Autonomous Multi-Vehicle Defensive Counter Air Missions

Scientific Systems' autonomy software successfully directed multiple Avenger Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (UCAV) through the execution of an Find, Fix, Track, Target, Engage, Assess (F2T2EA) mission in an air combat-relevant scenario

Jan 19, 2024
Aerovel’s Flexrotor UAS Acquired by Airbus Helicopters

Aerovel’s VTOL UAV Flexrotor is supported by the US DoD as a mission-proven, force multiplier for operations in harsh, high-threat, GPS-denied environments

Jan 19, 2024
EDGE to Attend UMEX and SimTEX 2024

EDGE will showcase autonomous unmanned jet-powered and electric-powered aircraft, including fixed-wing loitering munitions, a stealth aircraft, & a large fixed-wing ISTAR aircraft

Jan 18, 2024
Elistair & Rheinmetall Canada Partner on Unmanned ISR Solution 

Elistair and Rheinmetall have partnered following the successful demonstration of the KHRONOS tethered drone and Mission Master SP UGV for military officials at Rheinmetall Canada’s facility

Jan 18, 2024
sUAS Reaches Final Phase of U.S. Army SRR Program

The Skydio X10D high-performance sUAS enables 24/7 operations, meeting mission needs and increasing situational awareness, safety, and security across defense applications

Jan 17, 2024
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