Trend: Autonomy & AI

Honeywell, Merlin Partner On Autonomous Flight Technology

Honeywell, a supplier of avionics systems, and Merlin, a small company developing software for autonomous military aviation, have partnered to bring more autonomy to military and commercial aircraft. The initial […]

Anduril Adds To Autonomous UAS Portfolio With Bolt VTOL Family

Maintaining a steady drumbeat of new product releases, Anduril Industries on Thursday unveiled its Bolt family of small, man-packable autonomous air vehicles that include surveillance and munition variants, which the […]

Northrop Grumman Demonstrates MQ-4C Navigation In Arctic Circle – Sept. 20

Northrop Grumman on Thursday announced it demonstrated the ability of a navigation system used by a MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle to operate at high latitudes within the Arctic Circle. […]

The Nexus of Avionics, Artificial Intelligence, and Aircraft Values

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) As AI systems enhance the operational performance of aircraft, demand for such planes is surging, driving up base values and lease rates. […]

U.S. Air Force Trials Autonomous Flights with Joby, Reliable Robotics – AIN, Aug. 26

Joby and Reliable Robotics demonstrated military uses for their remotely piloted Cessna Grand Caravans during the Air Force Agile Flag 24-3 exercise in early August, AIN reported. The service’s Afwerx […]

DIU Solicits To Refresh Blue UAS Roster

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Monday released a solicitation for an upcoming prize challenge for vendors to potentially have their unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and related capabilities added to […]

Boeing Expanding Effort To Autonomously Inspect Aircraft – July 28

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Using small third-party drones for high-resolution imaging and its own artificial intelligence-based software algorithms, Boeing is expanding an effort to speed the inspection of military aircraft exteriors and increase […]

Marine Corps Commandant Says MQ-9 Has Cloaking Pod

The commandant of the Marine Corps Tuesday said the service’s MQ-9 Reaper drones have an electronic warfare pod that makes it “mostly undetectable” to opponent radars. “What they bring with […]

Merlin To Acquire EpiSci In Hookup Of AI Pilot Startups To Offer Complete Solution – June 13

Merlin on Thursday said it has agreed to acquire fellow startup EpiSci in a deal that would combine complementary autonomous capabilities to offer a full-stack solution for artificial intelligence-piloted military […]

Merlin Labs Says $105 Million C-130J Advanced Automation Contract Stepping Stone for Other SOF Aircraft

Boston’s Merlin Labs, Inc. said on June 12 that it has received a $105 million contract from U.S. Special Operations Command to provide advanced automation for the Air Force C-130J […]