Dubai hosted a three-week long Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone delivery trials conducted by Jeebly LLC, a UAE-based logistics service provider, and Skye Air Mobility, an Indian autonomous drone delivery company. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
AI-Enabled XQ-58 UAV Accomplishes Tactical Test
The US Air Force demonstrated artificial intelligence-enabled air combat during a successful launch of an XQ-58A Valkyrie here Aug. 22. This flight helps develop a trained tactical autonomy algorithm from simulation through flight test on a high-performance, uncrewed air vehicle. Continue reading
First Autonomous Flight Advances AI Proving Ground
The Osprey MK III, an unmanned aerial system, made its first autonomous test flight July 20 as part of the new Autonomy, Data, and AI Experimentation Proving Ground effort at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Continue reading
Shield AI Demonstrates AI-piloted, Teaming V-BATs with AFWERX
Shield AI announced the successful completion of an autonomous teaming demonstration featuring three V-BAT Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). This accomplishment was the final milestone of an AFWERX autonomy effort under their Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) program and collaboration with the AFRL Sensors Directorate. Continue reading
Sentient’s AI-Enabled ViDAR Optical Sensors Perform Successful Live Demonstrations on Edge Autonomy’s VXE30 Stalker UAS
Sentient Vision Systems has successfully completed live demonstrations of its AI-enabled ViDAR (Visual Detection and Ranging) payload deployed on Edge Autonomy’s VXE30 UAS. The VXE30 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) solution is the latest and most advanced version of the ‘Stalker’ series of small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS) from Edge Autonomy. Continue reading
ANRA Technologies Powers FAA UAM Live Flight Tests
For the past year, ANRA Technologies has been conducting tests supporting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Airspace Management Demonstration (UAMD) project that recently culminated with live flights in California. Continue reading
GA-ASI Mojave STOL UAS Completes First Dirt Operation
On August 1, 2023, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. completed multiple successful takeoffs and landings with its Mojave Unmanned Aircraft System on a dirt strip near El Mirage, California. Continue reading
AFRL Artificial Intelligence Agents Successfully Pilot XQ-58A Valkyrie
To reduce risk to the development and maturation of artificial intelligence capabilities, the Air Force Research Laboratory led a successful three-hour sortie, July 25, 2023, demonstrating the first-ever flight of AFRL-developed, machine-learning trained, artificial intelligence algorithms on an XQ-58A Valkyrie. Continue reading