AI & AutonomyArmy’s SkyFoundry Plan To Build Own Cheap Drones Has ‘Evolved,’ Official Notes Commercial InvolvementThe Army’s SkyFoundry initiative to manufacture thousands of its own cheap drones on a monthly basis has recently “evolved,” with an official telling sister publication Defense Daily the program is “100…
AI & AutonomyWith an Eye To CCA Increment 2, Talon IQ Conducts Test FlightA “Talon IQ” Model 437 aircraft by Northrop Grumman‘s Scaled Composites has flown a mission autonomy test flight using the company’s Prism software and Hivemind software by Shield AI, the companies…
MilitaryArmy Accepts First Optionally-Piloted Black Hawk, Will Inform Scaling Autonomy Across The FleetThe Army announced Friday it has officially accepted the first Black Hawk helicopter outfitted to fly autonomously, with the plans for the aircraft to now undergo a “rigorous testing phase.”…
ConnectivityDesigning for Decades: Building Upgradeable IFC in a 30-Year AirframeGlobal Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) Commercial aircraft routinely serve for a quarter century or more. Satellite constellations and modems, by contrast, evolve on a five-year cadence. That…
ConnectivityFactory-Fitted Future: How Line-Fit Connectivity Is Rewriting IFC CompetitionGlobal Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) has moved from aftermarket upgrade to factory-installed feature. Airframers now embed antennas, radomes, wiring provisions, and server space during…
Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN)Locked Skies: Cyber Risk Rises in the Age of Connected AircraftGlobal Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) Connectivity is now a defining feature of modern aircraft. Flight decks stream data to ground control centers, engines transmit health metrics in…
MilitaryUSAF Expects KC-135 Center Console Refresh Solicitation In MayThe Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) KC-135 Center Console Refresh (CCR) program office at Tinker AFB, Okla., said that it expects to issue a solicitation in May after…
MilitaryRobinson Helicopter Details New Unmanned Business Unit, Cargo UAS Project With SikorskyRobinson Helicopter on March 9 announced the launch of its new Robinson Unmanned business unit, and detailed a new unmanned cargo helicopter offering utilizing Sikorsky’s autonomy capability. With Robinson Unmanned,…