DARPA recently launched its AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY X-Plane program – called ANCILLARY. The program aims to develop and flight demonstrate critical technologies required for advancements in vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) craft, […]
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center recently posted a request for information (RFI) for a supersonic-capable Next Generation Aerial Target (NGAT). NGAT is an aerial target drone, intended to be used for the testing […]
Northrop Grumman Corporation and Boom Supersonic are partnering to develop a new supersonic special-mission aircraft. The new mission variant will be based on Boom Supersonics’ Overture, and is intended to support government and military missions […]
The US Army DEVCOM Aviation & Missile Center is testing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for critical military, cargo, and medical operations usage. Flight tests are being conducted by DEVCOM and the Air […]
The Naval Aviation Training Systems and Ranges (NASTP) program office (PMA-205) recently installed and demonstrated the new Mask on Breathing Device (MOBD) trainer. The MOBD trainer simulates unique breathing-related distress symptoms that tactical jet aviators […]
Northrop Grumman has been chosen to perform flight tests for the Air Force’s Multi-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development (MuSTeR) program. MuSTeR is developing RF and electro-optical sensors for offensive, defensive, and integrated offensive and […]
The U.S. Navy has successfully demonstrated the use of a prototype airborne mine countermeasure system. The test involved a BAE Single-system Multi-mission Airborne Mine Detection (SMAMD) System aboard an MQ-8C Fire Scout helicopter drone. The […]
The US Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a $89.4 million contract to Dzyne Technologies to research the unmanned Small Payload Precision Air-Launched Inexpensive Delivery System (SPPAIDS). SPPAIDS is a low-cost air-deployable system that will incorporate […]
DARPA has issued a formal request for information (RFI) for the Airborne Energy Well project – a method of recharging drones while in flight using laser-shooting tanker planes. Once in use, the technology is expected […]
Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and L3 Harris have each been awarded 90-day, $2 million contracts by the U.S. Air Force to develop a new, short-range air-to-ground missile. The Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) will be able […]
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