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DoD, Partners Demonstrate Beyond Line-Of-Sight Drone Cargo Flights In National Airspace

A Defense Department development program to demonstrate uncrewed aerial logistics beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) in the national airspace has resulted in a series of successful flights, an important milestone for potentially making…

Unmanned

Hegseth Directs Widespread Use Of Expendable Drones By End Of 2026

Responding to a recent presidential directive to bolster American drone capabilities, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military services to take a more aggressive role in quickly purchasing small drones and…

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN)

Cleared for Modernization: The Top Avionics Upgrade Tackling the ATC Crisis

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) As commercial air traffic surges back to pre-pandemic levels—and in many regions, surpasses them—aviation’s longstanding Achilles’ heel has returned to center stage: a strained,…

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN)

Europe’s NG MIMA Set to Shake Up Military Avionics

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) Europe is entering a pivotal new era in avionics. The recently launched Next-Generation Military Integrated Modular Avionics (NG MIMA) project, driven by a €30 million…

Industry Trends

Flying Fuel Cells: The Hydrogen-Electric Revolution Hits the Cockpit

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) One of the most ambitious projects in the new frontier of electric aviation is the Flying Fuel Cell concept, a hydrogen-electric hybrid system being…

AI & Autonomy

Grynkewich: Autonomous Drones, Mass ‘Essential to European Security’

Proliferating systems in the European theater will be vital for bolstering NATO and deterring Russian revanchism, as Ukraine continues to battle Russia in the latter’s latest 2022 invasion of Ukraine, according to…

Electrification and Sustainability

Army Exploring Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Propulsion Technology With Electra

Electra has received a small research contract from the Army to mature hybrid-electric propulsion systems the company is developing for its ultra-short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft to advance the technology, and…

Military

DARPA 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…

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Military

DoD, Partners Demonstrate Beyond Line-Of-Sight Drone Cargo Flights In National Airspace

Unmanned

Hegseth Directs Widespread Use Of Expendable Drones By End Of 2026

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN)

Cleared for Modernization: The Top Avionics Upgrade Tackling the ATC Crisis

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN)

Europe’s NG MIMA Set to Shake Up Military Avionics

Industry Trends

Flying Fuel Cells: The Hydrogen-Electric Revolution Hits the Cockpit

AI & Autonomy

Grynkewich: Autonomous Drones, Mass ‘Essential to European Security’

Electrification and Sustainability

Army Exploring Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Propulsion Technology With Electra

Military

DARPA Taps Bell To Build X-Plane Demonstrator, Aims For Flight Testing In 2028