AI & AutonomyFlight Debut for Shield AI X-BAT Could Come Next Fall Shield AI plans to conduct initial vertical takeoff and landing demonstrations of its X-BAT drone fighter jet “as early as fall 2026, followed by all-up flight testing and operational validation in 2028,”…
MilitaryLockheed Awarded $2.3 Billion in Various F-35 Contracts at Year’s End The Pentagon awarded Lockheed Martin five contracts worth a cumulative $2.3 billion at the end of 2019 for various work related to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, to include logistics services for delivered…
CommercialWith This Patch, You Can Control a Drone with a Flick of Your Wrist Controlling drones is an arms race of user-friendly input devices. In the interest of meeting operators where they are comfortable, companies have gone from bulky proprietary ground stations to commercial laptops to…
MilitaryF-35s Grounded Worldwide Over Engine Fuel Tube Concerns The U.S. military's most sophisticated fighter aircraft fleet was temporarily suspended from operations beginning Thursday as the Defense Department worked to determine which of their platforms had a suspect part that could…
MilitaryUS Defense Authorization Bill Passes HASC, Includes Funding For 77 F-35s The U.S. House Armed Services Committee (HASC) approved its fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill by a 60-to-1 vote early May 10 after more than 14 hours of deliberations on various amendments.…