MilitaryValkyrie 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 & GAHoneywell 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 IntelligenceShield 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)…
AI & AutonomyShield AI Launches Autonomy Product For Multiple V-BAT UAS Having recently completed successful testing and demonstrations of its artificial intelligence piloting software for drone swarms, Shield AI has launched a new product that allows the company’s V-BAT uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) to…
AI & AutonomyAutonomy Firm Vayu Robotics Emerges From Stealth With Lockheed Martin Investment Vayu Robotics, a small startup developing artificial intelligence-enabled autonomy solutions for unmanned systems, on Tuesday emerged from stealth with $12.7 million in seed funding led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Lockheed Martin’s…
MilitaryCoast Guard Issues Draft RFP For Maritime UAS The Coast Guard last week issued a draft request for proposal (RFP) for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that would be operated by contractors aboard some of its cutters, moving a step closer toward a…
ConnectivityNorthrop Grumman In Build Phase Of SDA’s Satellite Mesh Network After Successful Critical Design Review A little over a year after winning a Space Development Agency (SDA) contract to provide satellites for a low-Earth orbit mesh communications network, Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently completed the critical design review (CDR), paving…
AI & AutonomyBoeing and Shield AI Explore Bringing AI-Enabled Autonomy to Military Aircraft Boeing on Wednesday said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shield AI to explore leveraging the latter company’s capabilities in artificial intelligence and autonomy for autonomously piloting aircraft to military platforms. Shield AI’s…