China Science announced on December 18 that the Lanying R6000, the China-developed world’s first 6-tonne tiltrotor aircraft, has completed its maiden flight in Deyang, southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
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Amazon Halts Plans for Drone Delivery in Italy
– Amazon announced recently that it has decided not to pursue plans to deliver goods by drone in Italy, saying that while it had made good progress with aerospace regulators, broader business regulatory issues did not support the project. Continue reading
MatrixSpace Wins DIU, JIATF-401, USNORTHCOM, US ARMY C-UAS Low-Cost Sensing Challenge
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), in close collaboration with U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401), U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, announced top-performing solutions for the Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft System (C-sUAS) Low-Cost Sensing (LCS) challenge. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and XTEND Expand Joint All Domain Command and Control for Advanced Mission Execution
– Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and XTEND collaborated to integrate the XTEND Operating System (XOS) into Skunk Works’ MDCX autonomy platform, allow simultaneous Command and Control (C2) of multiple classes of UAS, creating improved situational awareness for lower-level mission execution in joint all-domain C2 (JADC2) scenarios. Continue reading
Insitu Upgrades Integrator VTOL Launch and Recovery System
– Insitu, A Boeing Company, in collaboration with Hood Tech, releases the latest capability upgrades for the revolutionary Flying Launch and Recovery System (FLARES) for long-endurance Integrator UAS. These updates further enhance the resilience of the system to withstand the demands of the harshest environments on long deployments, with greater communications capability. Continue reading
General Dynamics Land Systems and AeroVironment Successfully Demonstrate PERCH Loitering Munitions Launcher on M1 Abrams Tank
General Dynamics Land Systems has announced a successful demonstration of the Precision Effects & Reconnaissance, Canister-Housed (PERCH) system, codeveloped with strategic partner AeroVironment (AV), at the U.S. Army’s Machine Assisted Rugged Sapper (MARS) event at Fort Hood, Texas. Continue reading
NASA Demonstrates Safer Skies for Future Urban Air Travel
– NASA is helping shape the future of urban air travel with a new simulation that will manage how electric air taxis and drones can successfully operate within busy areas. Continue reading
Ukraine Hits Russian Submarine with Underwater Drone
Ukraine’s state security service (SBU) said it carried out the first-ever uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) attack on a Russian vessel. The strike was on a Project 636 Varshavyanka class, or Improved Kilo class diesel-electric submarine, in the Black Sea naval stronghold of Novorossiysk. Continue reading