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 […]
The engineering association, SAE International, recently announced the formation of the ‘SAE G-34 Committee for Applied Artificial Intelligence in Aviation Systems.’ The standards committee has been formed to evaluate applications of AI usage in aviation […]
Secretary of the Air Force, Heather Wilson recently announced a contract with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to start a new accelerator which will focus on accelerating artificial intelligence technologies that could improve Air Force […]
The US Air Force’s 1st Weather Group (1st WXG) is testing virtual reality training with the NextGen Environmental Weather Training System. The system simulates setting up and assembling a tactical meteorological observation system, the TMQ-53 […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded L3 Technologies the status of prime contractor for the F-16 Simulators Training Program (STP). The F-16 STP contract – valued at $350 million USD – will consolidate the previous […]
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has been awarded the contract to be the sole supplier of a medium altitude long endurance (MALE) remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) to the Australian Defense Force (ADF). The ministry had not […]
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