AI & Autonomy Hermeus’ Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 Aircraft Goes Supersonic In First For Unmanned Flight Less than three months after the first flight of the Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 unmanned aircraft, Hermeus on Tuesday said the jet-powered aircraft achieved supersonic speeds in its…
AI & Autonomy Next-Generation Avionics: Glass Cockpits, AI Assistance, and the New Value Premium Global Aviation Round-Up from Aircraft Value Intelligence (AVN) If connectivity is transforming aircraft into data platforms, then avionics are transforming them into intelligent systems. Next-generation…
AI & Autonomy Air Combat Command’s EOU Tests Anduril’s YFQ-44A Last week, the Air Force’s Experimental Operations Unit (EOU) at Nellis AFB, Nev., tested an Anduril Industries YFQ-44A Fury prototype Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), which flew from…
AI & Autonomy GA-ASI Lays Out No Date for Resumption Of YFQ-42A Flights After Mishap General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has paused flight testing of the company’s YFQ-42A Dark Merlin prototype drone for the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft…
AI & Autonomy Army’s SkyFoundry Plan To Build Own Cheap Drones Has ‘Evolved,’ Official Notes Commercial Involvement The Army’s SkyFoundry initiative to manufacture thousands of its own cheap drones on a monthly basis has recently “evolved,” with an official telling sister publication…