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Army Completes Initial Flight Demos, MOSA Evaluation With FTUAS Prototypes - Sept. 11

The Army has completed initial flight demonstrations and Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) evaluations with Textron Systems and Griffon Aerospace’s offerings for the Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) program, the service said on…

AI & Autonomy

CCA Autonomy Contracts Awarded to Five Vendors

DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force in the last few months awarded classified contracts to five vendors–a mix of traditional defense companies and non-marquee ones–for the autonomy piece of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft…

Military

Army Plans To Field More Than 1,000 Switchblade 600 Attack Drones For Replicator

The Army plans to buy and field more than a thousand Switchblade 600 loitering munitions over the next year for the Pentagon’s Replicator initiative, a senior service official has said. Gen. James…

Military

DARPA Selects Six Companies To Continue In Long-Endurance VTOL UAS Program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) this week said it selected six companies to continue in the risk reduction and component testing phase of its program to develop vertical take-off-and-landing (VTOL)…

Military

Valkyrie Unmanned Combat Aircraft Demonstrates Electronic Attack With F-35s - April 2

An XQ-58A Valkyrie autonomous unmanned combat aircraft equipped with an electronic attack payload successfully demonstrated suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD) capabilities with two F-35 fighters in a recent live flight test…

AI & Autonomy

Carmaker model may yield cheaper drone wingmen: Air Force Research Lab - Defense News, March 6

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is looking at the platform sharing concept that has been standard practice in carmaking for decades, which could make autonomous drones more affordable, Defense News reported.…

Regulation

New Research Recommends Streamlining Regulations to Enable Drone Operations in the U.S.

New research from George Mason University’s Mercatus Center indicates the need for states to create and manage drone routes in order to enable growth of the commercial drone industry in the U.S.…

Regulation

Wingcopter Receives FAA Airworthiness Criteria Approval

The delivery drone manufacturer, Wingcopter, just received the Special Class Airworthiness Criteria approval of its Wingcopter 198 unmanned aircraft from the Federal Aviation Administration. Tom Plümmer, co-founder and CEO of Wingcopter, remarked…

Regulation

FAA Committee Recommends New Regulations for Drone Operations

The Federal Aviation Administration’s Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Aviation Rulemaking Committee published a report last week with recommendations on standard regulations and guidance for drone operators. The BVLOS Aviation Rulemaking…

Air Taxi

Savback Helicopters Becomes Exclusive Regional Distributor of Dufour Aerospace eVTOLs

Swiss eVTOL developer Dufour Aerospace is partnering with Sweden-based Savback Helicopters: Dufour’s Aero3 aircraft will now be exclusively distributed by Savback in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland. Savback offers expertise in…

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Military

Army Completes Initial Flight Demos, MOSA Evaluation With FTUAS Prototypes - Sept. 11

AI & Autonomy

CCA Autonomy Contracts Awarded to Five Vendors

Military

Army Plans To Field More Than 1,000 Switchblade 600 Attack Drones For Replicator

Military

DARPA Selects Six Companies To Continue In Long-Endurance VTOL UAS Program

Military

Valkyrie Unmanned Combat Aircraft Demonstrates Electronic Attack With F-35s - April 2

AI & Autonomy

Carmaker model may yield cheaper drone wingmen: Air Force Research Lab - Defense News, March 6

Regulation

New Research Recommends Streamlining Regulations to Enable Drone Operations in the U.S.

Regulation

Wingcopter Receives FAA Airworthiness Criteria Approval

Regulation

FAA Committee Recommends New Regulations for Drone Operations

Air Taxi

Savback Helicopters Becomes Exclusive Regional Distributor of Dufour Aerospace eVTOLs