Uvision and Lendurai Partner to Integrate AI-Enabled Autonomy into Unmanned Systems

Uvision, a global supplier of smart integrated systems and loitering munitions, and Lendurai, an Estonian defence technology company specializing in AI-enabled autonomy solutions for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), announced that they have signed a partnership agreement to integrate Lendurai’s AI and autonomy software with Uvision’s loitering munition systems. Continue reading →

MiG-25 Foxbat – How One Defection Exposed the Soviet Union’s Biggest Lie

For years, the MiG-25 Foxbat terrified the West. Flying higher and faster than almost anything in the American arsenal, the mysterious Soviet interceptor seemed capable of reshaping the balance of air power during the Cold War. Israeli pilots couldn’t catch it, missiles struggled to reach it, and intelligence agencies knew almost nothing about its true capabilities. Continue reading →

PHASA-35 Selected for UK Power Beaming Project

Under the new £15.7m contract Prismatic, the BAE Systems company which has developed the PHASA-35 High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) Unmanned Air System (UAS), will provide the aircraft as the flight demonstration platform for a new power beaming technology designed to keep solar-powered stratospheric aircraft flying year-round, day or night. Continue reading →

Bristow Orders 10 Additional Early Delivery Chaparral Aircraft

Elroy Air has announced that Bristow Group Inc. has expanded its early delivery reservations for the Chaparral autonomous cargo aircraft, reserving 10 additional early delivery positions for a total of 15. Bristow previously secured early delivery slots for five Chaparral drones and announced a pre-order agreement for up to 100 Chaparral drones. Continue reading →

Joby Completes First-Ever Fully Autonomous Flight Across the United States

Joby Aviation, Inc. announced that an aircraft equipped with its autonomy technology has completed the first-ever autonomous flight across the United States. The aircraft flew 3,199 miles with zero control inputs from its onboard safety pilot, concluding the eastbound leg of its month-long tour in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, near the site of the Wright brothers’ first powered flight.