Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. – based in San Diego, CA – recently announced that the Kratos Unmanned Systems Division has received a $19 million contract for the purchase of 21 high-performance jet target […]
Israeli defense contractor Elbit recently announced that its American subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, has received a firm-fixed-price contract with a ceiling of approximately $471 million over a 10-year period to equip F-16 aircraft of […]
The US Air Force recently held a Physiological Episodes Mitigation Technology Summit and Industry Day to discuss research and development of sensors that can gather physiological data from pilots before, during, and after flights to […]
Collins Aerospace Systems will provide The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with a Head-Up Display (HUD) Virtual-Reality (VR) training device to be used in scientific research in areas such as pilot-HUD interface, pilot performance, and crew […]
SkyWatch has been awarded a $156K CD (~$118K US) contract from the Innovative Solutions Canada program via the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to complete Phase I of the Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics for […]
The US Air Force (USAF) has selected L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman to demonstrate new electronic warfare (EW) prototypes, along with technology for the protection from radar threats, for the F-16 Fighting Falcon. As part […]
NanoAvionics has received a contract to provide its flight-proven nano-satellite bus in a 12U configuration for the Singaporean research mission, “Cathode-Less Micro Propulsion Satellite” (CaLeMPSat). CaLeMPSat will occupy more than 9U of payload volume. To […]
Vertical Aerospace has successfully tested an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi prototype. ‘The Seraph’ is capable of carrying loads of up to 250kg – the equivalent of a pilot and two passengers […]
Researchers at the University of Vermont’s Spatial Analysis Laboratory (SAL) have joined the Federal Aviation Administration’s Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) to aid in setting guidelines for the safe use […]
The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Mitigation at Airports – established by the Airports Council International-North America and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International – is calling for a rapid […]
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