AI & AutonomyTrust but Verify at 35,000 Feet: Making AI Earn Its Wings in Avionics Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) Artificial intelligence (AI) already is flying aboard commercial aircraft, even if it is rarely advertised as such. Algorithms optimize flight paths, flag maintenance issues,…
MilitaryAutonomous Drone Navigation Startup Tycho.AI Exits Stealth With $10 Million Raise Tycho.AI, a startup developing autonomous navigation software for fast, low-flying drones in GPS-jammed environments, on Oct. 7 emerged from stealth with a $10 million Series A round to scale the company’s engineering…
AI & AutonomyDeepSeek AI: A Game-Changer for Avionics Development and Procurement Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) The unveiling of DeepSeek, a cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) model with unprecedented capabilities, has sent shockwaves through multiple industries, including avionics. AI is already…
AI & AutonomySkunk Works Partnership Demonstrates Airborne Battle Management With AI-Controlled Aircraft Lockheed Martin this year has been conducting flight-tests of artificial intelligence-controlled aircraft in air-to-air engagements, including a more recent demonstration where a human “battle manager” aboard a fighter jet trainer commanded AI-controlled…
AI & AutonomyThe Nexus of Avionics, Artificial Intelligence, and Aircraft Values Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) As AI systems enhance the operational performance of aircraft, demand for such planes is surging, driving up base values and lease rates. The global…
Advanced TechnologyTeledyne FLIR Introduces Advanced Image Processing with Prism ISP This week, Teledyne FLIR, a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies, unveiled the inaugural version of its cutting-edge Prism ISP—a sophisticated Image Signal Processing software development kit (SDK) tailored for embedded systems. This SDK…
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…
MilitaryBAE Systems Unveils New Research Facility for Combat Air Capability BAE Systems recently unveiled a new research facility to accelerate research in cutting-edge combat air capability. The new division in the company’s Air Sector has been named FalconWorks, and as a center…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Seeks To Combine 5G Data Transfer With AI-Driven Military Aircraft Maintenance Data needed for analytics-driven aircraft maintenance can be rapidly and securely delivered to military personnel via 5G technology, leading to increased aircraft availability and lower maintenance costs, according to a Lockheed Martin…
AI & AutonomyUSAF Plans Sensor Testing for Autonomous F-16s The U.S. Air Force plans to integrate and test sensors, including advanced electronically scanned array radar, on autonomous F-16 fighters to feed the service’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. The Air…