MilitaryDARPA Taps Bell To Build X-Plane Demonstrator, Aims For Flight Testing In 2028 The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Bell Textron to build an X-plane demonstrator capable of flying at speeds of up to 450 knots, with the office confirming to…
RotorcraftAirbus Details Second ALC Program Demo, L3Harris Providing Unmanned Lakota’s ‘Digital Backbone’ Airbus U.S. said May 20 it recently completed a second demo to inform its work on the Marine Corps’ Aerial Logistics Connector (ALC) program, which follows a recent announcement it’s working with…
Advanced TechnologyHermeus Achieves Flight With Quarterhorse Mk 1 Remotely Piloted Aircraft Hermeus on May 27 said its Quarterhorse Mk 1 unmanned aircraft successfully flew for the first time, a key milestone on the startup’s path to developing high-Mach and hypersonic aircraft. The May…
UnmannedSikorsky Details Successful ‘Full Mission Profile’ Demos With Rotor Blown Wing UAS Concept Sikorsky on Monday detailed recent successful demonstrations with its “rotor blown wing” unmanned aircraft system (UAS), flying its prototype in both helicopter and “winged aircraft” mode through a “full mission profile.” The…
MilitaryGeneral Electric May Receive Up to $5 Billion for F110-129 Engines for Foreign F-15s The U.S. Air Force has awarded Cincinnati’s General Electric Aerospace a contract worth up to $5 billion to provide the company’s F110-129 engines for Boeing F-15 fighters and Lockheed Martin F-16s for…
AI & AutonomyArmy Seeks White Papers To Inform New Air-Droppable Air Vehicle Development The Army is seeking white papers from industry to inform development of a new “air-droppable air vehicle” prototype capable of operating in contested environments. A new Request for Project Proposals (RPP) notice…
MilitaryLead Aviation Platform for MGUE Increment 1 Changed from B-2 to Gray Eagle Last fall, U.S. Space Force decided to switch the lead platform for the Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Increment 1 aviation card from the Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber to the…
MilitaryNavy Issues RFI To Expand Unmanned ISR The Navy this week issued a Request for Information (RFI) that aims to increase the number of partners to provide small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) performing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Plans to Integrate New Defensive System on F-22 Lockheed Martin said on Wednesday that it has received a $270 million U.S. Air Force contract to integrate the Infrared Defensive System (IRDS) on the company’s fifth-generation F-22 Raptor fighter. The company…
MilitaryU.S. State Department Clears $7.3 Billion for F-16 Viper Mid-Life Upgrade The U.S. State Department has approved an up to $7.3 billion foreign military sale to Poland of the Lockheed Martin F-16 Viper Midlife Upgrade, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Wednesday.…
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