NASA has successfully tested an advanced air-to-air photographic technology in flight, capturing the first-ever images of the interaction of shockwaves from two supersonic aircraft in flight. Continue reading
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First MQ-25A Stingray Flight Planned Late 2019
Later this year, Boeing’s prototype for the Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial tanker will make its first flight from an Illinois airport. When the Stingray will start operating from U.S. carriers is less clear. Continue reading
NAVAIR’s Crowdsourcing Approach on UAV for Marine Corps MUX Programme
Bell V-247 Vigilant Tiltrotor
US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is taking a novel crowdsourcing approach to deciding what unmanned air vehicle (UAV) and components to acquire for the US Marine Corps MUX programme. Continue reading
US Army to Put Laser Weapon on Stryker Combat Vehicles
A Stryker combat vehicle equipped with a 5-kW laser and an array of sensors shot small fixed- and rotary-wing UAS in April during MFIX-17 at Fort Sill
The US Army’s acquisition chief Bruce Jette has confirmed that the U.S. Army has plans to equipped Stryker combat vehicles with a modern laser weapon systems. Soldiers at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, have already been able to take down small unmanned aerial systems with a laser at the 10-kilowatt level. Continue reading
SkyX Partners with E’Kabel to Provide Inspections for Midstream Operators
SkyX systems, an aerial monitoring solutions provider, has partnered with E’Kabel, a leading multinational supplier of fiber optic sensing technology, to provide oil and gas pipeline operators with a premier inspection and monitoring solution. Continue reading
DARPA Air Combat Evolution (ACE) Proposers Day
U.S. military researchers are taking a step toward heavier reliance of artificial intelligence (AI)and machine autonomy in complex air combat maneuvering that involves manned aircraft and combat unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Continue reading
Textron Flight Tests Block 3 RQ-7 Shadow
Textron is flight testing a new Block 3 version of its AAI-developed RQ-7 Shadow UAS, which the U.S. Army has been using for 20 years and, according to Textron, plans to use for at least 10 more. Continue reading
AeroVironment and Kratos Integrate Tactical UAS and Tactical Missile Systems
Switchblade Tactical Missile System
AeroVironment, Inc. , and Kratos Defense & Security Systems, Inc. Unmanned Systems Division, have announced a new strategic relationship to develop and demonstrate highly integrated and operationally effective multi-domain unmanned system solutions for near-peer, denied environments. Continue reading