Air News & Articles

HII Awarded USAF Electronic Warfare Research Task Order

HII’s research and analysis will be leveraged by the USAF to reduce technical risk, provide mature technologies, and deliver systems engineering rigor needed to improve warfighter survivability at reduced total lifecycle cost

Oct 17, 2022
Progress Continues on RAIDER X Helicopter for US Army

The RAIDER X prototype draws on Lockheed Martin’s expertise in developing innovative weapons systems using the latest digital design and manufacturing techniques

Oct 17, 2022
Thermoplastic Welding Technology Used to Build High-Impact Resistant Ventral Fin for F-16

Collins is investing approximately $100 million dollars over the next five years toward the advancement of its thermoplastic technology and plans to qualify and process thermoplastic materials for both military and commercial use

Oct 14, 2022
New Partnership Advances Airborne ISR Mission Needs for US Army

MAG Aerospace and L3Harris Technologies will provide converted Bombardier Global Express 6500s with ISR mission capabilities to close the gap between the Army’s medium- and high-altitude ISR aircraft fleet

Oct 13, 2022
Cargo Drone Prototype in Development for US Marine Corps

Kaman Air Vehicles is developing a funded military version of its KARGO UAV, a purpose-built autonomous medium-lift logistics vehicle that can carry up to 800 pounds of payload and is designed to operate in austere environments

Oct 13, 2022
Gimbaled Camera System for Tactical UAS Presented at AUSA 2022

Trillium Engineering’s HD95-MVS-LD purpose-built gimbal was unveiled in Textron Systems' booth, onboard its Aerosonde UAS for the US Army's Future Tactical UAS Mission program

Oct 12, 2022
DARPA Aims to Create Tactical Wireless Power Transfer Network

The goal of the Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program is to design and demonstrate airborne optical energy relays

Oct 11, 2022
GA-ASI Announces New Multi-Domain Operations-Capable UAS

The new Gray Eagle 25M incorporates MOSA across the aircraft and ground system architectures, which enables rapid integration of advanced payloads and communication equipment, along with AI/ML capabilities

Oct 11, 2022
UK RAF Accepts Protector Drone Following Completion of Acceptance Test Procedures

Acceptance Test Procedures was performed jointly by the UK MoD and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems following the completion of the aircraft production and acceptance procedures

Oct 10, 2022
New Rugged Computers for USSOCOM Armed Overwatch Sky Warden Aircraft

Each AT-802U Sky Warden aircraft will include two ZMicro ZM3 ultra-lightweight servers for situational awareness and mission management applications

Oct 06, 2022
Developing Best Practices for Airworthiness Certification of Multicore Processors

A joint effort from Collins Aerospace and the US Army will address the need to provide faster integration of new capabilities, greater mission flexibility and lower acquisition cost

Oct 05, 2022
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.