Aircraft MaintenanceMarine Corps Highlights New Osprey Gearbox Sensors In Aviation Plan, Navy Limit At 200 Miles The Marine Corps’ newest Aviation Plan underscored the importance of new sensors to be installed on the V-22 Osprey to better predict when parts need to be replaced to avoid previous incidents.…
MilitaryAir Boss: Unmanned MQ-25 Will Fly This Year, Opens Way To 6th Gen Collaborative Combat Aircraft SAN DIEGO – The Navy Air Boss on Jan. 28 confirmed the first MQ-25A Stingray aircraft carrier-based unmanned tanker aircraft will start test flying later this year, a necessary step to getting…
MilitaryNavy Issues RFI To Expand Unmanned ISR The Navy this week issued a Request for Information (RFI) that aims to increase the number of partners to provide small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) performing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions…
AI & AutonomyNavy Picks SNC To Develop More Prototype Logistics Drones Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) on Dec. 5 said the Navy awarded it a prototype other transaction (OT) agreement to develop the technology to support autonomous unmanned air transport capability for naval logistics…
MilitaryNavy Works With General Atomics And Lockheed Martin To Demonstrate Drone Control Station The Navy tested command and control of an unmanned aircraft using its Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control Station (UMCS) for the first time this week in a demo using the General Atomics…
AI & AutonomyHoneywell Partners with Near Earth Autonomy In Autonomous Rotorcraft Competitions Avionics supplier Honeywell on Monday announced the start of an investment and collaboration agreement with autonomy provider Near Earth Autonomy to bid on for autonomous rotorcraft. Honeywell said the initial example of…
AI & AutonomyNorthrop Grumman Demonstrates MQ-4C Navigation In Arctic Circle - Sept. 20 Northrop Grumman on Thursday announced it demonstrated the ability of a navigation system used by a MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle to operate at high latitudes within the Arctic Circle. The company…
Editor's NoteMarine Corps Commandant Says MQ-9 Has Cloaking Pod The commandant of the Marine Corps Tuesday said the service’s MQ-9 Reaper drones have an electronic warfare pod that makes it “mostly undetectable” to opponent radars. “What they bring with them is…