The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to launch a competition to teach artificial intelligence (AI) software programmes how to control aircraft and their weapons in dogfights. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
GA-ASI’S Blue Magic Belgium Outreach Event
Nineteen Belgium-based companies will present their ideas and cutting-edge capabilities to a panel of technical experts from GA-ASI with the goal of selection to support the development of MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) for Belgium. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Gets $164M US Army Hunter Support Contract
Northrop Grumman received a one-year, $163.6M contract to provide a range of support services for the U.S. Army’s fleet of MQ5B Hunters. Continue reading
Grand Forks AFB Becomes Primary Base for all Global Hawk Missions
Saturday was a big day at the Grand Forks Air Force Base. It became the primary base for all the Global Hawk missions in the United States. The base welcomed Secretary Heather Wilson and Senator John Hoeven for a new mission. Continue reading
First Customer for Cylinder Drone
Massachusetts-based Ascent AeroSystems has announced the specifications, pricing, availability and launch customer for “Spirit”, its new dual-rotor coaxial drone and named Huntsville, Alabama-based Dynetics as the launch customer. Continue reading
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
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