Super Hornet Flight Tests Demonstrate Manned-Unmanned Teaming
A Boeing Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet test jet controlled three unmanned aerial vehicles during tests over a two-week period
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A Boeing Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet test jet controlled three unmanned aerial vehicles during tests over a two-week period
The Rotary Wing Uncrewed Aerial System (RWUAS) Technology Demonstration Program will include the flight of an advanced uncrewed Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) prototype known as Proteus
Shield AI’s APFIT project involves the initial procurement of V-BAT Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) that can provide resilient data transport and locate and provide weapon quality targeting information
Collins Aerospace’s HF-9500 is a complete system comprising of a modernized receiver-transmitter, antenna coupler and radio control that is easily integrated into various aircraft and antenna configurations
Raytheon Missiles & Defense and Northrop Grumman have been working together since 2019 to develop, produce and integrate Northrop Grumman's scramjet engines onto Raytheon's air-breathing hypersonic weapons
Rheinmetall will upgrade the Asterion cockpit trainer simulators to enable maintenance personnel of the Bundeswehr’s Naval Air Squadron 5 to carry out realistic maintenance and repair operations
Teams from BAE Systems and Embraer will work together to explore how the aircraft, designed for the urban mobility market, can provide cost-effective, sustainable, and adaptable capability as a defense variant
Leonardo and BAE Systems will focus on the application of Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) design methodologies and the joint development of enabling technologies for the national sovereignty of the future system
Northrop Grumman and Boom Supersonic plan to offer a new supersonic aircraft tailored to support US government and military missions that require rapid response
Sikorsky’s CH-53K is the only sea-based, long range, heavy lift helicopter in production and will provide three times the lift capability of its predecessor
Leonardo UK and Mitsubishi Electric’s JAGUAR represents the latest in combat air sensing technology to provide enhanced radar functions and advanced capabilities that can disrupt and deny adversary surveillance systems
The £2.35 billion investment includes the delivery of the European Common Radar System Mk 2 radar and ensures the aircraft can integrate additional capabilities and weapons to counter emerging threats until 2040 and beyond