AI & AutonomyAirbus Sees Big Potential For "Auto’Mate" Technology After Tanker-Drone Test Flights Demonstrations of an Airbus A310 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) autonomously guiding a drone went “even better than expected” and showed the potential for autonomous air-to-air refueling, according to an Airbus executive involved…
MilitaryAirbus Launches Two R&D Projects As Part of the European Defence Fund Airbus recently launched two research and development (R&D) projects which are funded by the European Defense Fund (EDF). The two projects, the European Defence Operational Collaborative Cloud (EDOCC) and the EU Next…
MilitaryAirbus Secures Flight Management Computers, Vision Systems Suppliers for Eurodrone Airbus Defence and Space has secured two new technology supplier agreements with Kappa Optronics and Saab for Eurodrone, the next generation military unmanned aircraft system (UAS) program that the French manufacturer is…
MilitaryAirbus Brings Weaponized ISR C295 Variant to Dubai The new armed intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance version of Airbus Defence and Space’s C295 made the trip to the Dubai Airshow, occurring now until Thursday. It’s on static display, flanked by a…
MilitaryFirst Airbus A330 MRTT For French Air Force Takes Flight The Airbus Defence and Space A330 MRTT (multi-role tanker transport), designated for the French Air Force, has taken its first flight, Airbus said. The manufacturer said the crew reported that the aircraft…
CommercialAirbus Defence and Space Tests Jet-Propelled Drone Demonstrator Airbus Defence and Space’s unmanned jet-propelled demonstrator has been successfully tested, Airbus said. Under the SAGITTA project, the drone flew autonomously for seven minutes over the test site in Overberg, South Africa.…