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Honeywell has announced a collaboration with Odys Aviation, a dual-use aerospace company developing hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, to deliver a persistent airborne defence solution aimed at protecting critical infrastructure from evolving drone threats. Continue reading
Shield AI announced it is raising $1.5 billion in Series G funding at a $12.7 billion post-money valuation, alongside $500 million in fixed-return preferred equity financing. Continue reading
AirData is the leading drone flight data and fleet management platform, trusted by more than 444,000 pilots worldwide across 232 countries with over 60,000,000 uploaded flights. The company has just announced the launch of AirData’s Public Safety Program, a dedicated initiative designed to give law enforcement, fire departments, and emergency response agencies access to the tools, resources, and community already powering some of the most recognized drone programs globally – now spanning 60 regions.
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, and Robinson Helicopter Company (RHC) have unveiled the R66 TURBINETRUCK, an autonomous cargo helicopter that pairs Sikorsky’s MATRIX autonomy system with Robinson Unmanned’s new cargo UAS platform. Continue reading
The U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) programme recently demonstrated a significant technical milestone as one of its prototype aircraft, built by Anduril Industries, successfully switched between two separate artificial-intelligence-driven mission autonomy systems during a single flight. Continue reading
Shield AI, the deep-tech company developing advanced autonomy software and aircraft, has been selected as a mission autonomy provider supporting the U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program. 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
Palladyne AI Corp., a U.S. defence and industrial technology company specializing in embodied AI-powered collaborative autonomy and advanced avionics, has successfully completed its first flight test of IntelliSwarm, an integrated autonomy stack that combines its proprietary SwarmOS autonomy software with the BRAIN X2 Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) flight computer. Continue reading