Air News & Articles

Partnership to Deliver Heavy-Lift Tandem Rotorcraft

Piasecki Aircraft Corporation and Columbia Helicopters will upgrade existing Model 107-II helicopters to a new, more fuel-efficient, powerful and robust Columbia Model CHI-107-III configuration

Jul 08, 2024
Hypersonic Test Bed Completes Successful First Flight

The successful first flight of Kratos’ Erinyes Hypersonic Test Bed demonstrates a new and novel platform capability for rapid hypersonic experimentation for the U.S. DoD

Jul 05, 2024
VTOL Resupply Aircraft Set for New Regions

Overwatch Group is set to distribute PteroDynamics’ dual-use autonomous Transwing® (VTOL) aircraft to the UK, UAE and KSA, an alternative for critical logistics resupply to remote areas

Jul 04, 2024
Demonstration of FACE-Conformant Arm-Based Digital Cockpit Flight Display

The demonstration at the MOSA Summit showcased Curtiss-Wright’s COTS safety-certifiable hardware product suite

Jul 02, 2024
Net-Enabled Weapons Capability in Development

Lockheed Martin and GA-ASI will provide Net-Enabled Weapons capability for the MQ-9B SeaGuardian multi-domain MALE UAS, bolstering the ISR&T capability of the aircraft

Jul 02, 2024
Most Read Articles on DA in June 2024

June 2024 saw a number of significant developments published on Defense Advancement in reconnaissance UAVs, counter-drone solutions, and Embedded GPS INS systems, with Eurosatory introducing an array of new technology

Jul 02, 2024
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

Jul 01, 2024
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

Jun 27, 2024
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

Jun 27, 2024
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

Jun 21, 2024
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

Jun 21, 2024
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