MilitaryPBS Aerospace Opens Turbojet Engine Facility In Georgia PBS Aerospace, a business of Czech-based engineering company PBS Group, on Sept. 4 established its headquarters in Georgia, where the turbojet engine manufacturer also opened a new facility to build propulsion systems…
MilitaryHundreds Of Switchblades Delivered So Far In First Replicator Tranche, DIU Official Says The contractor supplying Switchblade loitering munitions to the Defense Department under the first phase of the Replicator initiative has delivered “hundreds” of systems to a customer who has fielded them, a Defense…
AI & AutonomyAirbus Flight Tests Unmanned Helicopter With Shield AI’s Autonomy Pilot Airbus Group’s U.S. defense business recently conducted the first flight test of an unmanned H145 helicopter using an autonomy pilot software from Shield AI in support of a Marine Corps aerial logistics…
MilitaryDoD, 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…
Electrification and SustainabilityArmy 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…
UnmannedAnduril Offers Autonomous Air Vehicles, Rocket Motors To Europe In Partnership With Rheinmetall Anduril Industries is offering its Barracuda and Fury air vehicles to Europe through a partnership with Germany’s Rheinmetall, which will provide its digital platform that will integrate the autonomous air systems, the…
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…
Editor's NoteKratos Introduces Landing Gear Variant Of Valkyrie Tactical Drone Kratos Defense & Security Solutions recently unveiled a version of its Valkyrie stealthy, aerial combat drone with internal landing gear to enable conventional takeoff and landing to give customers more options, Eric…
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