The Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) program—the U.S. Army’s initiative to replace the RQ-7 Shadow with a far more nimble and…
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Textron Systems’ Aerosonde® Small Unmanned Aircraft System Takes First Flight from U.S. Navy Guided Missile Destroyer
Textron Systems Corporation has announced the successful first flight and maritime integration of the Aerosonde® Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) on…
No-Fly with No Crews
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is full of lessons for the US. New ones like the lethality of modern anti-tank missiles…
Robust Anti-Jamming Navigation System Uses Inertial and Radar to Complete BVLOS Mission
In November 2021 in Israel, infiniDome, Honeywell, and Easy Aerial demonstrated a UAV-tailored resilient navigation solution to complete critical missions…
Air Force Orders 15 Silent Arrow Precision-Guided Cargo Delivery Drones
The U.S. Air Force through its Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded Silent Arrow a contract for “Guided Bundle Derivative of…
LMT Showcases Deployment of Unmanned Systems in a Milrem Robotics-led iMUGS Consortium Demonstration
The iMUGS Consortium, in charge of a 32,6M EUR project developing the European standard unmanned ground system (UGS), demonstrated how…
Sky Range: Faster, Cheaper, Better
Hypersonic missile testing is going airborne. North Dakota has launched a new program called Sky Range that will accelerate the…
Coast Guard Seeks New Tech Before Strategic UxS Plan
“It’s kind of like a never-ending process,” U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Thomas Remmers said, describing the work of the team…
DARPA SubT Challenge
Robots revolutionize underground operations. As the final event of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Subterranean (SubT) Challenge concluded on…
Militaries Are Taking Unmanned Underwater
As systems continue to evolve and data collection becomes more sophisticated, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are playing a bigger military…
Beyond the Shadow: FTUAS Competition’s Next Phase
Army solicitations are accelerating the quest to find a mobile, quiet and multi-payload brigade-level successor(s) to the venerable Shadow. On Sept….
MILITARY COLLABORATION
Manned-unmanned teaming, or MUM-T, is playing a role in military operations across domains and borders. In combat, the battlefield is…
“MUMS” THE WORD
The power of manned and unmanned teaming (MUM-T), is being unleashed across the military, civil and commercial sectors. Innovation and…
Global Hawks Adapt to New Role Monitoring Hypersonic Missiles
Northrop Grumman will convert four aging Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk drones into Range Hawk surveillance platforms for monitoring hypersonic…
THE SKIES GROW EVEN MORE BLUE FOR DOD UAS
The DIU’s Blue UAS initiative is developing trusted sUAS for the DOD and beyond. In military lingo, “blue” denotes friendly…
FTUAS Selection Process Proceeds
The Army has announced that the procurement process for the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System is accelerating. “The acquisition process…
Medium-Lift Workhorse VTOL Cargo Drone Destined for Military Use
Kaman Corporation unveiled its KARGO UAV, a medium-lift vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) member of a family of unmanned systems…
