Exail will provide its Gecdis-W navigation system for the four Spanish S80 Plus-class submarines, working with Navantia to enhance the submarines’ capabilities and support the crew with electronic navigational charts
Airbus UpNext’s Cryoprop demonstrator will refine a superconducting electric propulsion system, cooled by liquid hydrogen via a helium recirculation loop, to advance the future of hydrogen-powered aircraft
May 2024 saw a number of significant developments published on Defense Advancement including new tactical radio communication systems, unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) testing, and radar for BVLOS UAS
Indra has coordinated Spanish involvement in the JEY-CUAS project, defining how to operate with the systems in different scenarios and has analyzed the most advanced technologies to detect and neutralize hostile UAVs in military environments
For DARPA’s ANCILLARY initiative, Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky is flight testing a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) UAS, aiming to develop a Class 3 X-Plane that can operate from unprepared surfaces
As part of a new agreement, BlueHalo will advance its energy weapon technology for increased effectiveness against sUAS, leveraging its knowledge of the LOCUST laser system to produce new prototype weaponry
The field exercise, HERMES FORGE, showcased the speed, resilience, and reliability of Ultra Intelligence & Communications (Ultra I&C) mobile command post solutions
Northrop Grumman will leverage its expertise in autonomous vertical lift aircraft to advance the design and system technology for DARPA's ANCILLARY autonomous VTOL uncrewed aircraft system
Down selected for DARPA’s ANCILLARY program, AeroVironment’s (AV) Wildcat X-Plane design is a low-weight, large-payload, long-endurance VTOL UAS, built for ship-based operations in challenging maritime environments
The SAKURA-ll Edge AI accelerator from EdgeCortix addresses the latest Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions at the edge from vision to billions of parameters large language models
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