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The Heinkel He 219 Uhu was designed for one terrifying purpose: hunt British bombers in complete darkness. Armed with radar, heavy cannons, upward-firing Schräge Musik weapons, and even ejection seats for both crewmen, the Uhu represented one of Nazi Germany’s most advanced night fighters. Continue reading
Anduril’s YFQ-44A Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) has already flown in formation alongside F-35 fighters during U.S. Air Force testing, company executives have revealed, offering the clearest indication yet that live manned-unmanned teaming work with the fifth-generation fighter is underway. Continue reading
Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, and Merlin, Inc. have introduced a concept Cessna SkyCourier UX aircraft that combines Textron Aviation’s proven Cessna SkyCourier platform with Merlin’s aircraft-agnostic software solution for autonomous aviation. Continue reading
Japan’s air force said one of its long-distance surveillance drones is believed to have crashed into the sea during a flight Tuesday off the country’s northwestern coast. Continue reading
A video circulating on social media shows an elderly Ukrainian woman successfully disabling a Russian fiber-optic FPV “waiting drone” by approaching the landed device and carefully removing its thread spool, effectively disabling it completely. Continue reading
At the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference 2026, SwarmAero, a developer of large unmanned aircraft systems swarms, unveiled Gamera, which introduces a new category of Group 5 strike and sensing UAS. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. , Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, JobsOhio and the Dayton Development Coalition have announced that GA-ASI is expanding its footprint with a new 22,000-square-foot innovation hub in Dayton, Ohio, focusing on hardware and software development for U.S. Air Force (USAF) programs.
The battlespace is evolving and the need for survivable, multi-mission, autonomous capability is rapidly growing with it. Skunk Works is responding with urgency, expanding the program with four more vehicles as the team continues to advance toward first flight in 2027. Continue reading