RotorcraftNASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends After Three Years on Mars - NASA Science Mars Exploration NASA’s history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended its mission on the Red Planet after surpassing expectations and making dozens more flights than planned. While the helicopter remains upright and in communication with…
Advanced Air MobilityGlobal eVTOL sector is attracting increased interest from professional investors The rapid growth in the Advanced Air Mobility market and advances in establishing a regulatory framework for the sector is making electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) an increasingly attractive market for…
AI & AutonomyU.S. Fourth Fleet Seeks Future Watchstander AI Tool As the U.S. Fourth Fleet starts practicing operationalizing unmanned systems, it is interested in ultimately getting watchstander data artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help sift through the added data coming in, an…
MilitaryBoeing Simulates Virtual MQ-25 Open Architecture Manned-Unmannned Teaming Boeing recently conducted a digital simulation of an open autonomy architecture to have manned Navy aircraft control MQ-25A Stingray unmanned carrier-based tankers, the company said on Tuesday. In this event, the company…
MilitaryNavy And Marine Corps Exercise Manned And Unmanned Helicopter Teaming The Navy and Marine Corps recently conducted a new manned-unmanned teaming exercise to demonstrate how a different combination of helicopters could be used in a potential littoral environment, the service said last…
MilitaryFinland Selects F-35A In $11 Billion Fighter Competition Finland selected the Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighter over four competitors to be the country’s next multi-role fighter to replace the legacy F/A-18 Hornet fleet in its HX competition. Losing bids…
UnmannedMQ-25 May Add ISR And Strike; Navy Sees 40 Percent Unmanned Air Wing Future A Navy official on March 18 said the service sees the MQ-25A Stingray unmanned carrier-based tanker possibly eventually adding strike missions and that up to 40 percent of the future air wing…
MilitaryLeonardo Wins Navy Trainer Helicopter Competition In a hotly contested competition, the Navy on Monday selected Leonardo’s AgustaWestland to produce and deliver the new TH-32A Advanced Helicopter Training Systems as the new Navy trainer. Other competitors for the Navy…