The Defense Innovation Unit recently hosted the first of what is intended to be an annual Blue UAS Refresh event at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
Skunk Works Demonstrates Airborne Battle Management of AI-Controlled Aircraft
– Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, in partnership with Lockheed Martin’s Demonstrations and Prototypes organization and the University of Iowa’s Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL), showcased a crewed-uncrewed teaming mission where an airborne battle manager issued real-time commands to AI-controlled aircraft through a touchscreen pilot vehicle interface (PVI). Continue reading
Gray Eagle STOL Makes Historic First Flight from Ship to Land
– General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. logged another aviation milestone on Nov. 12, 2024, when its Gray Eagle STOL aircraft took off from a South Korean warship and landed at a ground base – the first-ever such mission for an aircraft of this type. Continue reading
Anduril’s Lattice Showcased in US Central Command’s Desert Guardian 1.0
– Anduril Industries has announced the successful integration of its Lattice platform in U.S. Central Command’s (CENTCOM) Desert Guardian exercise, a critical event designed to address the increasing complexity of modern airspace and the growing threat posed by unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Continue reading
US Navy, General Atomics and Lockheed Martin Complete Unmanned Aviation Control Station Flight Demo
The U.S. Navy tested its Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control Station’s (UMCS) ability to command an unmanned aircraft in flight for the first time Nov. 5, paving the way for future unmanned aviation operations. Continue reading
Boeing and US Navy Simulate MQ-25 Carrier Recovery Using F-35 Automated Landing System
The US Navy (USN) has logged another milestone on its path to fielding its first aircraft carrier-based uncrewed aerial vehicle. In conjunction with airframer Boeing, the service completed a simulated landing of the developmental Boeing MQ-25 Stingray autonomous refueller jet aboard an aircraft carrier using an automated recovery system. Continue reading
Drone with its Own ‘Nervous System’ Trialed by Scientists
Scientists are testing a drone fitted with its own “nervous system” which they claim can keep it operating in the sky for longer. It was created by experts at the University of Southampton who say the system, made of optical fibers, reduces the frequency it needs to land for inspection. Continue reading
UK Tests Helicopter-Launched Missiles to Intercept Drones
In the first air-to-air trial of its kind, the crew of a Wildcat used the Martlet missile – designed to take out enemy surface targets – to destroy a Banshee jet flying at hundreds of miles an hour over the Bristol Channel. Continue reading