Military Construction Begins on New Boeing MQ-28 Production Facility in Queensland - March 26 BRISBANE, March 26, 2024 — Construction will begin on Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] new production facility in Toowoomba, Queensland, to support the manufacture of Australia’s first military combat aircraft designed and developed in…
Military The Next Chapter for Bell’s H-1 Helicopters Begins - March 28 AMARILLO, Texas (March. 28, 2024) – The first Bell AH-1Z set to receive the Structural Improvement Electrical Power Upgrade (SIEPU) modification to be provided by Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc (NYSE:TXT)…
Air Taxi Honeywell Sees Consolidation and Longer Path to Market for eVTOL Makers - March 22, AIN Honeywell Aerospace recently told reporters it expects the advanced air mobility market to consolidate, with some eVTOL developers dropping out and it does not expect to see air taxi operations launching until…
AI & Autonomy Reliable Robotics Gains Fresh Funding for Autonomous Flight Tech - March 26, AIN The autonomous flight and aviation company Reliable Robotics announced two contracts from the Defense Department and NASA that will help it bring remotely piloted aircraft to market, AIN reported. Reliable and Ohio…
Business & GA Honeywell To Acquire Italian PNT Company To Bolster Autonomous Capabilities - March 27 Honeywell on Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire Italy’s Civitanavi Systems S.p.A., a provider of position, navigation, and timing (PNT) technology to the aerospace, defense, and industrial markets, a deal that…
Editor's Note Army Is ‘Biggest Participant’ By Quantity In First Round Of Replicator, Bush Says - March 20 The Army will be “the biggest participant” for the first round of the Pentagon’s Replicator initiative to field thousands of attritable autonomous systems by August 2025 “in terms of quantity,” according to…
AI & Autonomy Carmaker model may yield cheaper drone wingmen: Air Force Research Lab - Defense News, March 6 The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is looking at the platform sharing concept that has been standard practice in carmaking for decades, which could make autonomous drones more affordable, Defense News reported.…
Unmanned DIU Seeks Commercial Solutions For sUAS To Operate Amid Electromagnetic Interference - March 13 Eyeing lessons learned from ongoing global conflicts, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) this week issued a solicitation for commercial solutions that allow small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS) and other small unmanned systems…