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The capacity to operate in GPS degraded environments represents an essential element in USAF pilot training. The Goshawk Long Range EW Jammer is a directional non-kinetic effector. The system has the capability to disrupt GNSS signals for enemy military aircraft and UAS Groups 1-5. Continue reading
Leidos, a FORTUNE 500 science and technology company, announced that it has been awarded a prime contract by the U.S. Air Force to support the service’s counter-small unmanned aerial system (C-sUAS) efforts. Continue reading
Boeing Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have advanced the operational readiness of the Airpower Teaming System aircraft, successfully demonstrating multiple payloads, semi-autonomous behaviours and crewed-uncrewed teaming in the digital environment. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been issued a task order to support the Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) to begin engineering and planning work to reconfigure four United States Air Force EQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk aircraft for use in the SkyRange fleet of testing vehicles. Continue reading
Mamoru Tanaka, left, pilots a drone as directed by an instructor in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture
A 90-year-old man who runs a farming business in this west Japan city obtained a proficiency certification for drone operations on December 10, and is also seeking qualifications to operate large agricultural drones by the spring of 2022. Continue reading
AeroVironment Inc. just released this video showing a Simulated Sensor to Shooter mission demonstration of a Puma AE small unmanned aircraft system and Switchblade 300 tactical missile system. Continue reading
The Drone Flight Management System Market research report has been added to Technavio‘s catalogue. The market is anticipated to witness healthy growth at a CAGR of 30.47%. This growth can be attributed to increase in legal acceptance of drone operations for commercial applications. Continue reading
Researchers, roboticists, and technologists deployed swarms of autonomous air and ground vehicles to test mission capabilities in the final field experiment (FX-6) of DARPA’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program at the Cassidy Combined Arms Collective Training Facility (CACTF) in Fort Campbell, Tennessee. Continue reading