The Physical Science Laboratory at New Mexico State University partnered with Stratodynamics and UAVOS to perform a series of stratospheric flights with HiDRON, an autonomous aircraft. The objective of the tests was to advance new […]
Researchers at the US Air Force Research Lab have invented a flapping-wing micro aircraft vehicle – or MAV – based on the biomechanical movement of flying birds and insects. It is intended to be used […]
The Marine Corps recently held a simulation training event called ‘COPE JAVELIN.’ The simulation followed a fictional operational scenario involving marine aviators from various units using flight simulators for different aircraft. They connected across different […]
Kaman Air Vehicles, a division of Kaman Aerospace Corporation, has successfully tested its K-MAX TITAN – a heavy-lift unmanned helicopter designed for the commercial market. During its debut flight, the helicopter was controlled from the […]
U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded contracts for its High Enthalpy Aperture Technology (HEAT) project. HEAT will develop rugged RF radomes and infrared windows that will be able to withstand the extreme […]
DARPA’s Strategic Technologies Office recently awarded two contracts for Phase 1 of the Air Space Total Awareness for Rapid Tactical Execution (ASTARTE) project. Raytheon and Systems and Technology Research (STR) received a total of almost […]
Sikorsky and Boeing Co. have unveiled Defiant X – a compound coaxial helicopter that they propose as the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft. As part of its Future Vertical Lift initiative (FVL), the […]
The Navy is holding its AVENGER Naval AI Grand Challenge between the service, naval laboratories, and the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center to look for ways to enhance its effectiveness by better incorporating artificial intelligence technologies […]
The U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking industry input on new technology allowing aircraft to […]
The U.S. Air Force recently contracted with 18 more businesses to work on its Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) effort to enable all-domain operations. ABMS is the Air Force and Space Force effort to develop […]
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