Air News & Articles

Remote CBRN Detection Using Autonomous Drone Swarms

Draper has won a $26M Pentagon contract for remote CBRN detection using autonomous teaming drones

Jan 15, 2024
GhostEye MR Radar Proves Operational Readiness During USAF Exercise

The test was carried out at White Sands Missile Range, where GhostEye MR was successfully integrated with the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) command-and-control

Jan 12, 2024
Honeywell Providing Satcom System for ANG & AFRC C-17 Aircraft

The U.S. Air National Guard (ANG) and Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) fleet of Boeing C-17 Globemaster lll aircraft will be outfitted with Honeywell's Jetwave system, providing seamless, fast and reliable communications from aircraft to ground personnel

Jan 11, 2024
GA-ASI Demonstrates Autonomy Ecosystem with Live Flight Test

The UCAV flight test closed the Find, Fix, Track, Target, Engage, and Assess engagement chain using a mix of Live, Virtual, and Constructive entities

Jan 11, 2024
Aerojet Rocketdyne to Accelerate GMLRS Motor Production

Production of the steel- and composite-cased GMLRS motors will be accelerated by using new new equipment, automating processes, and incorporating improved X-ray technology

Jan 11, 2024
Successful Multi-Drop Live Fire Shryke Munitions from VAPOR 55 MX UAS

The AeroVironment, Corvid, and L3Harris Technologies collaboration has successfully tested the multi-drop, live fire GPS-guided Shryke munitions from the all-electric VAPOR 55 MX unmanned aircraft system (UAS)

Jan 10, 2024
GPS Anti-Jamming System Provided for South Korean Military Helicopters

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), in a contract with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), is providing its Adaptive Defense Antenna (ADA) GPS Anti-Jamming solution for serial installation on Light Armed Helicopter (LAH) platforms

Jan 08, 2024
Test Stand for Heavy-Lift Drones & eVTOL Unveiled

Tyto Robotics' Flight Stand 500, designed for testing the propulsion systems of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) vehicles, has a maximum thrust rating of 5,000 N and a torque capacity of up to 1,500 Nm

Jan 08, 2024
Full-Scale Fatigues Test on MQ-9B Complete

GA-ASI has completed the full-scale fatigue test, simulating the aircraft’s design service through the application of repeated structural loading on the assembled airframe

Jan 05, 2024
Manufacturing Begins for Full-Scale Active Flow Control X-Plane

Aurora Flight Sciences’ X-65 is purpose-designed to test and demonstrate the benefits of active flow control at tactically relevant scale and flight conditions

Jan 04, 2024
MilDef Wins Strategic Hardware Order

MilDef has also been entrusted to deliver tactical IT to new strategic projects in both land and air defense to the same unnamed NATO nation

Dec 29, 2023
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