Hydrogen-Powered sUAS for Long-Range Reconnaissance Missions
Aurora Flight Sciences' SKIRON-XLE is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell and is expected to deliver flight times of over five hours
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New AI-Powered Solution Combines Drones & Robotics
By integrating multiple drones, robotic systems and AI, Thales' OpenDRobotics transforms collaborative combat reducing the cognitive burden on warfighters while keeping them out of harm’s way
Ultra-Long Endurance UAS Completes 27 Hour Training Exercise
Platform Aerospace’s Vanilla, a long endurance UAS that can be configured for ISR, Communications Relay, Decoy, ALE, SIGINT, and EW, has completed a 27-hour flight exercise
Dual-Channel PCM Merger Module for Flight Test Instrumentation
Curtiss-Wright's new packetizer module simultaneously combines information from one or two IRIG-106 PCM streams into industry-standard packets
Hand-Launched Reconnaissance UAV Showcased at Eurosatory 2024
Granta Autonomy's Hornet XR recon unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) weighs 2.9kg, launches with a simple throw, and silently flies for up to 3 hours
Inertial Labs Releases New GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System
Built using Tactical-grade Fiber Optic Gyroscope technology, the new INS-FI by Inertial Labs has an IP67 rating ensuring exceptional durability and performance in harsh environments
Tactical Drone Autonomously Flown with AI & Open Software
A Kratos MQM-178 Firejet was flown autonomously in a recent flight trial, using Shield AI’s “Hivemind” AI Pilot integrated with Parry Labs’ EC Micro to demonstrate advanced autonomy and open architecture edge compute
Miniature Data Acquisition Unit for Critical Flight Test Applications
The 8-channel ADC DAU by Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions supports Power over Ethernet and provides daisy-chain connectivity without needing a switch
Successful Flight Trials for Optionally Piloted Aircraft
Aurora Flight Sciences’ optionally piloted aircraft (OPA) has proved effective in a series of flight tests, demonstrating its ability to operate uncrewed and provide airborne ISR
New Infrared Detection System Provides 360-Degree Protection for Aerial Platforms
With six sensors, the new infrared detection system from HENSOLDT consists of a central computer and an imaging unit, with 360-degree protection for flying platforms
AI-Powered Flight Tests for Air-to-Air Missions
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® has worked with the University of Iowa's Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) to trial the use of AI in air-to-air missions, using AI to directly fly and conduct tactical exercises with an L-29 Delfin jet
Contract for Development of an Autonomous, Fixed-Wing Aircraft System
RapidFlight has won a contract to produce and develop its SPX Platform, a Group 2 UAS featuring a 12 lb. payload capacity and 150 nm range, along with a modular payload bay
