According to the Department of Defense, on December 2, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III signed a classified Strategy…
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Anduril Partners with OpenAI to Advance CUAS AI
Anduril Industries and OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, have announced a strategic partnership to develop and responsibly deploy advanced artificial…
Red Cat Selected for U.S. Army Short Range Reconnaissance Program
Red Cat’s next generation Teal system will be the Army’s Program of Record SRR sUAS, concluding the rigorous, multi-tranche competitive…
DoD Announces Second Tranche of Replicator Platforms
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks has announced additional capabilities selected for accelerated fielding as part of the Replicator initiative….
Sikorsky And Rain Successfully Demonstrate Wildfire Mission Autonomy
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, and Rain, a provider of autonomous aerial wildfire containment technology, successfully demonstrated how an autonomous…
DIU Blue UAS Refresh Challenge Tests UAS Platforms for DoD
The Defense Innovation Unit hosted the first annual Blue UAS Refresh event at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center,…
Heavy Lift Drones Deliver the Goods
Heavy lift drones are transforming military logistics by transporting supplies in contested environments while reducing risk to personnel. With the…
Head to Head: Ukraine and Russia’s National UAS Programs
As the war continues into its third year, how is the domestic drone industry in both countries supporting their war…
War of the Robots: The Battle for Avdiivka
The four-month-long Battle of Avdiivka (October 2023-February 2024) is one of the bloodiest battles of the 21st century to date….
Next-Gen Autonomy
Multiple developments across multiple domains are blending scalability and high technology to counter peer and near-peer threats. At this September’s…
Navigating the Future of UAS Communications
As the UAS industry evolves, the need for secure and reliable Command and Control (C2) communications has never been more…
The FAA’s ASSURE: Testing for Standards
ASSURE is a FAA-funded program consisting of a network of aligned university testing centers for advanced aviation safety. At the…
Detect and Avoid Goes Autonomous
Merlin Labs and MIT Lincoln Laboratory are partnering to integrate an autonomous pilot with Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS) Xu,…
CLUE UTM: Deployed and Poised to Scale
The Air Mobility Command and the Air Force Research Laboratory have launched the CLUE UAS Traffic Management system at MacDill…
AAM: The Next Transportation Revolution
AAM continues to evolve, with early applications and an industry focus on innovation setting the stage for the next transportation…
ResilienX AAM OptiX: System of Systems for AAM
Applying a systems thinking approach and leveraging deep experience in AAM airspace management solutions, ResilienX’s AAM OptiX platform links complex…
FAA Drone/AAM Symposium: Current and Future States of Aviation Overlap
This year’s theme, “Connected Skies, Connected Communities,” brought a focus on the importance of connectivity and integration in advanced aviation…