AI & AutonomyAir 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 a company site in southern California to…
MilitaryArmy’s Work With H-60Mx Black Hawk To Inform Bringing Autonomy To MV-75 FLRAA NASHVILLE, Tenn.–Army and Sikorsky officials said April 16 the service’s new Black Hawk outfitted to fly autonomously is serving as a testbed for bringing autonomy capability to the future MV-75 Cheyenne II…
MilitaryUSAF Seeking Advanced IR Countermeasures For HH-60Ws The Air Force is seeking industry feedback on an advanced infrared countermeasures system (AIRCM) that the service could use for its Lockheed Martin HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopters. “The…
MilitaryBell Taps RTX’s Collins Aerospace To Provide Key Systems For MV-75 FLRAA RTX’s Collins Aerospace announced Monday it has secured multiple contracts from Bell to provide five key systems for the Army’s new MV-75 Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA). Collins said it has…
AI & AutonomyArmy’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 Defense Daily the program is “100 percent a…
AI & AutonomyWith an Eye To CCA Increment 2, Talon IQ Conducts Test Flight A “Talon IQ” Model 437 aircraft by Northrop Grumman‘s Scaled Composites has flown a mission autonomy test flight using the company’s Prism software and Hivemind software by Shield AI, the companies said on…
MilitaryArmy Accepts First Optionally-Piloted Black Hawk, Will Inform Scaling Autonomy Across The Fleet The Army announced Friday it has officially accepted the first Black Hawk helicopter outfitted to fly autonomously, with the plans for the aircraft to now undergo a “rigorous testing phase.” The H-60Mx,…
MilitaryUSAF Expects KC-135 Center Console Refresh Solicitation In May The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) KC-135 Center Console Refresh (CCR) program office at Tinker AFB, Okla., said that it expects to issue a solicitation in May after more than…
MilitaryRobinson Helicopter Details New Unmanned Business Unit, Cargo UAS Project With Sikorsky Robinson Helicopter on March 9 announced the launch of its new Robinson Unmanned business unit, and detailed a new unmanned cargo helicopter offering utilizing Sikorsky’s autonomy capability. With Robinson Unmanned, the company…
MilitaryAeroVironment Expands Manufacturing Capacity, UAS Products, With ESAero Acquisition AeroVironment on March 16 said it has acquired Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. (ESAero) in a $200 million deal that adds manufacturing, design and prototyping capacity, complimentary expertise in electric and hybrid propulsion, more…