Calvin Biesecker, Author at Avionics International

AI & Autonomy

Boeing Expanding Effort To Autonomously Inspect Aircraft - July 28

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Using small third-party drones for high-resolution imaging and its own artificial intelligence-based software algorithms, Boeing is expanding an effort to speed the inspection of military aircraft exteriors and increase readiness while…

AI & Autonomy

Merlin To Acquire EpiSci In Hookup Of AI Pilot Startups To Offer Complete Solution - June 13

Merlin on Thursday said it has agreed to acquire fellow startup EpiSci in a deal that would combine complementary autonomous capabilities to offer a full-stack solution for artificial intelligence-piloted military aircraft. Merlin…

AI & Autonomy

Joby Aviation Acquires Xwing’s Autonomy Division, Adding To Defense Work

Joby Aviation, which is developing an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft as an air taxi service, on Tuesday said it has acquired the autonomy division of Xwing, a small company…

Military

DARPA Selects Six Companies To Continue In Long-Endurance VTOL UAS Program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) this week said it selected six companies to continue in the risk reduction and component testing phase of its program to develop vertical take-off-and-landing (VTOL)…

AI & Autonomy

General Atomics Awards Hughes Contract To Produce Modems For MQ-1C Gray Eagles - April 9

Hughes Network Systems this week said it has received a production contract from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems to provide ruggedized modems for the MQ-1 Gray Eagle 25M unmanned aircraft system, providing warfighters…

Military

Valkyrie Unmanned Combat Aircraft Demonstrates Electronic Attack With F-35s - April 2

An XQ-58A Valkyrie autonomous unmanned combat aircraft equipped with an electronic attack payload successfully demonstrated suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD) capabilities with two F-35 fighters in a recent live flight test…

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…

Artificial Intelligence

Shield AI Raises Another $200 Million In Funding To Scale V-BAT Autonomous Piloting Software

Shield AI on Tuesday said it has raised another $200 million in venture capital for scaling and deploying the company's new autonomous piloting software aboard the company’s V-BAT unmanned aircraft system (UAS)…

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AI & Autonomy

Boeing Expanding Effort To Autonomously Inspect Aircraft - July 28

AI & Autonomy

Merlin To Acquire EpiSci In Hookup Of AI Pilot Startups To Offer Complete Solution - June 13

AI & Autonomy

Joby Aviation Acquires Xwing’s Autonomy Division, Adding To Defense Work

Military

DARPA Selects Six Companies To Continue In Long-Endurance VTOL UAS Program

AI & Autonomy

General Atomics Awards Hughes Contract To Produce Modems For MQ-1C Gray Eagles - April 9

Military

Valkyrie Unmanned Combat Aircraft Demonstrates Electronic Attack With F-35s - April 2

Business & GA

Honeywell To Acquire Italian PNT Company To Bolster Autonomous Capabilities - March 27

Artificial Intelligence

Shield AI Raises Another $200 Million In Funding To Scale V-BAT Autonomous Piloting Software