UAS VISION
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What began as a bold concept is now steadily advancing toward operational reality. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), working with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), has achieved key technical milestones on its LongShot program. Continue reading
The Apache AH-64 attack helicopter has reached a major milestone with the successful live-fire test of the 30x113mm XM1225 Aviation Proximity Explosive (APEX) round at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. reached a new milestone this month by integrating third-party mission autonomy into its YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) and completing the aircraft’s first semi-autonomous airborne mission. Continue reading
DZYNE Technologies announced a breakthrough in unmanned aerial system (UAS) performance as its flagship ULTRA Turbo completed a mission-representative flight achieving 60 hours at 25,000 feet while sustaining 100 knots true airspeed (KTAS). Continue reading
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and Taiwan’s NCSIST have successfully tested the integrated Mighty Hornet IV attack UAV—an upgraded MQM-178 Firejet target drone—validating the NCSIST payload and mission system without requiring design changes. Continue reading
– Airbus and Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) have completed a pioneering HTeaming flight campaign at a Singapore airbase, marking the first time an Airbus Flexrotor unmanned aerial system (UAS) operated alongside the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s (RSAF) H225M helicopter. Continue reading
– AeroVironment, Inc. (AV), a global defence technology company delivering software-enabled autonomous systems, and CAL Analytics, an innovator in advanced airspace management technologies, announced the completed installation and initial operation of a new Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) airspace management facility at the National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence (NAAMCE) at Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport in Springfield, Ohio. Continue reading
The crew of a Wildcat from 815 Naval Air Squadron received information almost instantaneously from two small surveillance drones (a Puma and a Providence), and data from other ground-based sensors to target a moving vehicle via a multi-node mesh network, at times over the horizon and beyond line of sight. Continue reading