Military UK to Invest $130 Million to Prepare Base to Receive Protector Drone The General Atomics‘ RG Mk1 Protector drone is expected to enter service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) by 2024, and the United Kingdom Ministry of…
Embedded Avionics Collins Aerospace Executive: DoD Acquisition of Commercial Subsystems Faces ‘Headwinds’ The Collins Aerospace head-up display (HUD) for the U.S. Air Force C-130J by Lockheed Martin is a derivative of the company’s commercial HUD for the Boeing 737 airliner,…
AI & Autonomy Autonomous, AI-Enabled Tracking of Mobile Targets Demonstrated, as DoD Commits to Ethical AI Principles The Pentagon recently demonstrated autonomous, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled tracking of mobile targets–an effort simultaneous with other such AI drone projects and DoD’s development of principles…
Military Leonardo to Deliver Subsystems for F-35 Training, as USAF Looks to Cybersecurity Upgrade for Older Jets Leonardo DRS said on June 24 that it has received a subcontract from Cubic Corp. to deliver more than 150 internal subsystems (IS) of…
Editor's Note US European Command/NATO May Have 450 F-35s by 2030 The U.S. European Command (EUCOM) and NATO may have 450 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighters by 2030, and European countries and the United…
Business & GA In-Flight Connectivity Demand For Business Jets Remain High During Pandemic Demand for in-flight connectivity (IFC) on business jets remained high during the COVID-19 pandemic and may even have heightened, as the business aviation community looks…