Air News & Articles

ViDAR Meets Hivemind: Collaboration to Deliver Superior ISR Capabilities

Shield AI will acquire Sentient Vision Systems, uniting ViDAR with the Hivemind AI pilot to create an advanced AI-piloted ISR sensor package that will enable Group 3-sized aircraft to provide low cost, low risk maritime domain awareness

Apr 10, 2024
F-15 Survivability System Completes Initial Assessments

EPAWSS from BAE Systems outfits F-15E Strike Eagle and F-15EX Eagle II aircraft with critical electronic warfare (EW) capabilities

Apr 09, 2024
AI-Piloted Flights Conducted on Tactical UAS

Kratos and Shield AI have completed AI-piloted flight-testing on-board Kratos’ UAS family, having already successfully done so on three classes of quadcopters, the MQ-35A V-BAT, and the F-16

Apr 05, 2024
Electronic Warfare Capabilities Demonstrated for U.S. Marine Corps

Kratos has demonstrated that the XQ-58A can fly in concert with two F-35 aircraft and can use an EA payload to autonomously detect, identify, and geolocate multiple tactically relevant targets

Apr 04, 2024
VKIS Awarded Contract from USAF for Gelled Explosive Development

The $1.25 million SBIR Phase ll contract for VK Integrated Systems (VKIS) focuses on the further development of a Binary Explosive Gel for Agile Combat Deployment for the Department of the Air Force (DAF)

Mar 28, 2024
Honeywell Acquires Italy’s Civitanavi for Autonomous Operations

The combination of Honeywell and Civitanavi Systems' high-precision inertial navigation and stabilization solutions will provide new opportunities for customers to enable autonomous operations

Mar 28, 2024
New Strategic Partnership Between Innoflight Technology and JR UAV

INF and JR UAV’s new partnership is committed to continuous innovation and the development of solutions that address the complex challenges faced by the defense and commercial sectors

Mar 28, 2024
U.S. Air Force Orders Autonomous Cargo Vehicles for Tactical Evaluation

The U.S. Air Force has contracted HoverCrane to supply its autonomous cargo UAV, which can take-off & land in rough terrain, for evaluation in tactical missions & expeditionary resupply

Mar 27, 2024
New Aerial Target Design Completes First Successful Flights

QinetiQ has completed successful flights of the first two Rattler Supersonic Target MkIs, with the flights providing the first data for this design variant of the uncrewed target for the U.S. DoD

Mar 26, 2024
Engine Successfully Tested on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel

IAE successfully tested the fuel-efficient and versatile V2500 engine with a 100% sustainable aviation fuel, HEFA-SPK, made by hydrotreating renewable raw materials, such as waste oils

Mar 21, 2024
Echodyne’s Integrated Radar Added for BVLOS Operations

A collaboration between Kongsberg Geospatial and Echodyne will provide enhanced situational awareness to unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operators by visualizing all airspace movement to ensure safe and reliable UAS operations

Mar 19, 2024
Advancing Defense Capability Through Strategic Collaboration Defense Advancement works with major OEMs to foster collaboration and increase engagement with SMEs, to accelerate innovation and drive defense capabilities forward.