Editor's NoteMach Industries Wins DIU Contract For Runway-Independent Navy Drones Startup weapons developer Mach Industries on June 16 announced it won a contract award to serve as aircraft integrator for a Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) program focused on developing runway-independent long-range drones…
MilitaryMore Than 20 Companies In The Running For CCA, Increment 2, Air Force Says While the Air Force said in February that it had picked nine companies initially for Increment 2 of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, more than 20 remain eligible for awards, as…
MilitaryMacGyver, Squishy Tech, YGGY Aviation Among Invitees For DARPA Lift Challenge The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on June 8 announced invitations to 72 teams to demonstrate innovative drone designs capable of carrying at least four times their weight. The list of…
MilitaryDIU Awards $159 Million For Hermeus To Demonstrate High-Mach Flight And Payload Release Hermeus on May 28 said it has received a $159 million contract modification from the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to demonstrate high-Mach flight and high-speed payload carry and release to aid…
MilitaryLow Radar Cross Section Of MQ-28 Ghost Bat Validated, Boeing Says Boeing said on June 1 that it has validated the low Radar Cross Section (RCS) of the company’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat drone. “The MQ-28’s RCS reduces the range that enemy radars can…
AI & AutonomyHermeus’ Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 Aircraft Goes Supersonic In First For Unmanned Flight Less than three months after the first flight of the Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 unmanned aircraft, Hermeus on Tuesday said the jet-powered aircraft achieved supersonic speeds in its second flight, a first in aviation history.…
MilitaryRedwire Says Awarded Large Drone Contract From NATO Ally Redwire Corp. on Tuesday said it received a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract from a NATO ally to deliver the company’s Penguin Mk3 unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Redwire said the contract is valued in…
MilitaryMQ-25 Okayed For Production With Milestone C Approval The Navy on May 19 announced the Boeing MQ-25A Stingray carrier-based unmanned tanker aircraft officially received its Milestone C approval, setting it up for Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) later this year. The service…
MilitaryMarines Tap Sikorsky, Robinson’s Unmanned R66 For Medium Resupply Drone Development Effort The Marine Corps has selected Sikorsky and Robinson Helicopter’s R66 Turbinetruck for the second increment of the Medium Aerial Resupply Vehicle–Expeditionary Logistics (MARV-EL) development program, the companies said on April 27. Sikorsky said it…
MilitaryNavy’s MQ-25A Unmanned Tanker Finishes First Test Flight The first Boeing MQ-25A Stingray carrier-based unmanned tanker aircraft conducted its first flight test on April 25, a year later than previously planned, the Navy and Boeing revealed on April 27. The test…
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