UnmannedGrid Aero Raises $20 Million As It Preps To Begin Flying Long-Range Cargo UAS Grid Aero on Jan. 26 said it has raised $20 million in a funding round to move the Lifter Lite long-range, autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) into flight testing and use in…
MilitaryBoeing Awarded Up To $2.8 Billion For F-15K Upgrades The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $2.8 billion contract to upgrade South Korea’s fleet of F-15K Slam Eagle fighters, the Defense Department said on Jan. 30. The contract “provides for the…
MilitaryCurrent F-35 Configuration Complicates Fielding Of APG-85 Radar Radar mountings in the nose of the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter are different for the current AN/APG-81 by Northrop Grumman and the future AN/APG-85 radar, also by Northrop Grumman–a difference which has helped complicate fielding…
Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN)Today’s High-Tech Head Gear Is Getting Smarter, Smaller, and More Social Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) From dazzling demos at CES to breakthrough research in labs, the world of high-tech headsets is surging forward. What was once niche hardware for…
AI & AutonomyTrust but Verify at 35,000 Feet: Making AI Earn Its Wings in Avionics Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) Artificial intelligence (AI) already is flying aboard commercial aircraft, even if it is rarely advertised as such. Algorithms optimize flight paths, flag maintenance issues,…
Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN)Flying Blind: How America’s Broken ATC Backbone Is Rewriting the Rules for Avionics and Aircraft Value Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) The decision by the federal government to replace more than 600 aging radar systems across the United States is being framed as a long…
MilitaryDIU Seeks Platforms For Magnetic Data Collection To Support Precision Navigation The Defense Innovation Unit last Friday issued a solicitation seeking prototype solutions for airborne magnetic data collection platforms that would support the development of magnetic map data as an alternative to GPS…
AI & AutonomyMarine Corps Awards Northrop Grumman MUX TACAIR Contract Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Jan. 8 that the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Uncrewed Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX TACAIR) Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program has awarded a…