Military After FTUAS Cut, Army Looks To Field Brigade UAS In FY ‘26 To Replace Shadow Drones After cancelling the Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) program, the Army plans to begin procuring initial brigade-level unmanned aircraft system (UAS) capabilities in fiscal year 2026…
Military Airbus Flight Tests Unmanned Helicopter With Shield AI’s Autonomy Pilot Airbus Group’s U.S. defense business recently conducted the first flight test of an unmanned H145 helicopter using an autonomy pilot software from Shield AI in…
Military Sikorsky’s Nabs $43 Million Black Hawk Upgrade Deal For ‘Digital Backbone,’ Launched Effects Work The Army has awarded Sikorsky a $43 million deal for an array of modernization engineering efforts for the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, to include airframe…
Military Merlin to Integrate Its Mission Autonomy Software Onto Northrop Grumman M437 Boston-based Merlin said on July 30 that it is to integrate its Merlin Pilot autonomy software for Northrop Grumman‘s Beacon testbed project using the Scaled…
Military Senate Appropriators Back Army ATI Cuts But Knock ‘Disjointed Rollout,’ Rebuke Plan To End T901 Engine The Senate Appropriations Committee has backed most of the Army’s divestments as part of its new transformation initiative, while its defense spending bill rebukes a…