AI & AutonomyJoby 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…
MilitaryDARPA 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 & AutonomyGeneral 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…
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…
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