Unmanned Vehicle Technologies, LLC (UVT) and uAvionix jointly announced that UVT has received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) waiver to operate small unmanned aircraft systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) at their test site in Michigan. This waiver, granted under Part 107 regulations, allows UVT to significantly advance operational capabilities, opening new avenues for remote enterprise applications.
UAVOS has launched the Gimbal 155, a new gimbaled camera purpose-built for the UAS Survey Mission program. The GOS-155 was designed to meet the UAV requirements for surveillance and rescue missions. Its optimized SWaP profile, advanced day and night ISR imaging, and embedded video processor makes it ideal for any mid-sized UAS — VTOL or winged.
The Joint C-sUAS Office has hosted industry demonstrations of the latest C-sUAS technology at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) for the past three years. Their most recent event, the fifth held here, took place over four weeks in June, and was the most ambitious yet, focusing on demonstrating systems capable of detecting and defeating swarms of sUAS. Of nearly 60 proposals, 12 systems were selected for demonstration by the JCO, and nine participated here.
Speaking at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach emphasized the importance of Collaborative Combat Aircrafts (CCAs) and described how the service may train with them, even as he acknowledged he cannot quantify how many CCAs would equate to a single crewed aircraft.
UAS Magazine announced the preliminary agenda for the UAS Summit & Expo, scheduled for October 8-9 at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The UAS Summit & Expo is designed for companies and organizations advancing UAS commercialization and utilization.
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has announced the design and construction of the Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration (SHEPARD) vehicle. The uncrewed air system developed for DARPA recently received its official X-plane designation of XRQ-73.
Rheinmetall and Anduril Industries signed a Memorandum of Understanding during Eurosatory in Paris. Under this collaboration, Rheinmetall and Anduril will work together to design, develop, and produce new layered Counter small Unmanned Aerial System (C-sUAS) air defense systems. The scope of this collaboration is primarily to address European markets first.
Sky Power International, one of the leading providers of innovative propulsion solutions for unmanned aerial vehicles, announced the launch of its new online shop.
Wisk Aero announced it has acquired Verocel Inc., a software verification and validation company. Verocel’s unique expertise in supporting the certification of high-integrity aerospace software and the qualification of V&V tools will play a key role in Wisk’s ongoing effort to certify its Generation 6 autonomous, electric air taxi.
Primoco UAV SE and T-Mobile Czech Republic have verified the possibility of integrating an LTE network BTS base station into the Primoco UAV One 150 unmanned aerial vehicle. The result is an advanced system that allows a substantial reduction in mobile network recovery time in emergency situations, applicable across the EU.
Boeing’s Compact Laser Weapon System supported a range of counter-uncrewed aerial systems test exercises at the 2024 Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Counter UAS Sandbox in Suffield, Alberta.
uAvionix, a pioneering leader in aviation safety technology, announced the successful delivery and approval of its surface situational awareness systems at two major U.S. airports: Indianapolis International Airport and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
Censys Technologies unveiled VegCens, an innovative application designed to complement its flagship CensWise AI/ML software. The application empowers users with real-time alerts and detailed reports, enabling proactive management and optimization of vegetation control strategies.
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center Aviation & Missile Technology Consortium® has down-selected BlueHalo as one of two vendors to move forward for the development of the Next-Generation Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System (C-UAS) Missile.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Lockheed Martin are collaborating to provide Net-Enabled Weapons capability for GA-ASI’s MQ-9B SeaGuardian® Unmanned Aircraft System. The addition of NEW capability for SeaGuardian will bolster the Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting capability for the aircraft.
Overwatch Group and PteroDynamics Inc. announced a landmark long-term strategic relationship and the first distribution agreement to bring the pioneering dual-use autonomous Transwing® (VTOL) to certain territories outside the United States
Shield AI’s V-BAT Selected for $198M Contract to Provide U.S. Coast Guard with Maritime UAS Services
Shield AI announced that the U.S. Coast Guard has awarded the company a $198,106,876 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity firm fixed-price contract to provide Contractor Owned Contractor Operated Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance services. This service will be implemented using the V-BAT unmanned aircraft system (UAS).
Eve Air Mobility, a global electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft manufacturer and services provider, has announced $94M in new equity financing from multiple investors. The new funding strongly positions the company for future success and will support the continued development and manufacturing of the company’s eVTOL.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a technology company in Defense, National Security and Global Markets, announced the successful demonstration of the second of three Valkyrie launch methods: the Kratos Trolley Launch System.
Intelligent Energy has collaborated with Aurora Flight Sciences to help power the next generation of Aurora uncrewed aircraft systems through the use of fuel cell technology.
The Air Force will likely award a contract or contracts for the first increment of Collaborative Combat Aircraft in late September or early October, sources familiar with the program said. It’s not yet been decided if the Air Force will carry one or both of its Increment 1 competitors—Anduril and General Atomics—into the next phase of development.
A2Z Drone Delivery, Inc has announced an upgrade to its flagship delivery drone, the RDSX Pelican. The Pelican will now be offered with a more easily modifiable flight controller enabling customers to more readily integrate their customized flight systems and companion software with the extended range hybrid VTOL delivery drone.
MatrixSpace has been selected by AFWERX for a $1.25M Direct-to-Phase II SBIR to develop a prototype low SWaP-C multi-function, multi-band antenna payload, based on the MatrixSpace Radar hardware platform.
National Center for Autonomous Technologies at Northland Community & Technical College receives second consecutive award, leading the education of the nation's Autonomous Systems Skilled Technical Workforce.
Senator Hoeven recently invited Air Combat Command Commander to North Dakota to review and strengthen Grand Forks Air Force Base missions, advance partnerships with University of North Dakota and Grand Sky
The L3Harris Technologies Advanced Baseline Imager is set to launch June 25 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida onboard NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) have pledged to work together to meet the challenges of a fast-changing and evolving aviation industry and the increasing speed of development of future technologies.
Vigilant Aerospaces' FlightHorizon airspace management and uncrewed traffic management (UTM) system has been selected as the airspace management system for the Skyway36 droneport in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
RapidFlight has been awarded a contract valued up to $10 million by the United States Department of the Air Force (DAF) AFWERX Autonomy Prime program to develop and produce a customizable, autonomous, fixed-wing aircraft system, the SPX.
The Air Force Armament Directorate and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) have partnered to identify and prototype commercial and dual-use technology solutions for an enterprise test vehicle that demonstrates modularity for subsystem upgrade testing.
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