– Durham University scientists have unveiled a major advance in drone swarm technology that could transform the way unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are used in real-world missions. Continue reading
GE Aerospace Teams with Kratos to Build Small Engines for Collaborative Combat Aircraft
In early June, GE Aerospace’s Defense & Systems division signed a formal teaming agreement with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions to put performance and affordability into a small and mighty package: the high-thrust turbofan propulsion systems for the next generation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Continue reading
Russia’s New Jet-Powered Shahed Drones Can Now Hunt Moving Targets
The Shahed drone was originally developed in Iran and sold to Russia in 2022. For Tehran, it became a way to secure financial inflows and gain access to sensitive information (with suspicions that the Kremlin is assisting with nuclear weapons expertise). For Moscow, it provided ready-made drones without the delays of domestic development. Continue reading
US Navy Issues Four Contracts for Conceptual CCA Designs
The U.S. Navy has awarded contracts to four major aerospace prime contractors — Anduril, Northrop Grumman, Boeing and General Atomics — for ‘conceptual designs’ for a carrier-based autonomous combat drone, according to a Navy document obtained by Breaking Defense. Continue reading
MQ-9B SeaGuardian Showcased in NAS Whidbey Island Open House
– General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) deployed an Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)-configured MQ-9B SeaGuardian Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI), Washington, to support its Open House event on August 23. Continue reading
F-15E Strike Eagle Fires Drone Killing Laser-Guided Rockets
The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) website just posted U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike actually firing air-to-air optimized variants of the laser-guided 70mm Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II) rocket. Continue reading
Electromagnetic Weapon Zaps Drone Swarm in Seconds
Waves of drones tumbled out of the sky above Camp Atterbury, Indiana, on Tuesday, their mechanical death throes punctuating what was otherwise a quiet morning. Continue reading
ZeroAvia Certification-Intent Fuel Cell System Successfully Replicates Full Flight Profile in Ground Test
– ZeroAvia has announced that it has completed a full flight profile ground test of its certification-intent low temperature proton exchange membrane (LTPEM) fuel cell power generation system (PGS) for the ZA600 hydrogen-electric powertrain. Continue reading