AI & AutonomyCurtiss-Wright Awarded $34M Contract for Advanced Airborne Data Recorder Technology Curtiss-Wright has secured a five-year, $34 million firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC). The contract encompasses providing Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) based airborne…
AI & AutonomyRain Aero Enables Remote Operation of Drones & Helicopters for Firefighting Rain Aero, a California-based company using advanced aviation technologies to fight wildfires, has successfully equipped both a small rotorcraft drone and a full-sized Black Hawk helicopter with a kit that allows remote…
RegulationTextron Recieves Special Airworthiness Certificate for Aerosonde Unmanned Aircraft System Textron Systems recently received a special airworthiness certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to perform civil unmanned aircraft operations in Blackstone, Virginia. These special certifications will allow the company to further…
MilitaryUK Ministry of Defence Awards Contract to Thales and Schiebel for "Eye in the Sky" Uncrewed Air System Thales and Schiebel recently announced that they have been granted a contract from the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence with the goal of delivering a rotary wing Uncrewed Air System (UAS). This…
ATM ModernizationAirspace Monitoring for Drones: A Q&A With Hidden Level’s CEO At the end of last year, the Federal Aviation Administration mandated that all uncrewed aircraft made or sold in the United States must transmit Remote Identification information. By Sept. 16, 2023, drone…
ATM ModernizationNorthrop Grumman and NASA Form Partnership for UAS Airspace Integration Northrop Grumman announced a new collaboration with NASA today. Their efforts will center around development and testing of solutions for the integration of large UAS (uncrewed aircraft systems) into the national airspace.…
MilitaryProposed New Counter-UAS Authorities Will Fall To New Congress, DHS Official Says Legislation to expand existing but limited counter-UAS (uncrewed aircraft systems) authorities for the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice will have to await action by the next Congress, and the Biden administration…