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Lockheed Martin delivered to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering OUSD (R&E) a new benchmark: a tactically-relevant electric 300 kW-class laser, the most powerful laser that Lockheed Martin has produced to date. Continue reading
Dutch drone manufacturer DeltaQuad is launching the Evo, a fixed-wing electric UAV with Vertical Takeoff and Landing capability for mapping, inspection, and surveillance. Designed with the latest insights in aerodynamics, the Evo is breaking old eVTOL flight times and mission limitations. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) used a company-owned Avenger MQ-20A Unmanned Aircraft System to fly a military aircraft using an Artificially Intelligent (AI) pilot deployed on an operationally relevant, Open Mission Systems (OMS) software stack on Sept. 12, 2022. Continue reading
All it takes is a patch of fog to ruin Thomas Swoyer’s day. Swoyer runs the first and only fully operational hub for researching, testing and developing commercial drones in the United States, from those used for military reconnaissance to ones that may drop packages at your front door someday.
“Oh wow, that’s amazing! It’s still flying,” commented Guido de Croon enthusiastically about a drone’s flying skills in Tomatoworld’s greenhouse in the Netherlands. Continue reading
Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) have applauded the House passage of the Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act, a bill within the jurisdiction of the committee. Continue reading
On a battlefield a decade or so in the future, a C-130 drops a pallet loaded with small, expendable drones, which break off and immediately begin flying toward a formation of F-35s. Continue reading
AeroVironment, Inc. has announced the launch of the next-generation VAPOR Helicopter unmanned aircraft system (UAS), VAPOR 55 MX. Continue reading