Trend: UAS Integration

Video Q&A: New Drone Tech, Explained by a Top Expert

Global Aviation Round-Up from Aircraft Value Intelligence (AVN) Editor’s Note: This week, John Persinos conducted a video interview with James McDanolds, Director of Uncrewed Technology Programs at the Sonoran Desert […]

Drone Challenge Program Selects 19 Vendors To Compete In Second Gauntlet

The Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program (DDP) on July 1 said it invited 19 companies to compete in the final stage of its second challenge round in August with a chance […]

Ukraine And European Union Discussing Drone Deal, As Kamikaze Drones Hit Russian Supply Lines

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pursuing drone deals with European nations, even as the U.S. has so far delayed such a deal and as Ukraine uses increasingly long range, kamikaze […]

PACAF Evaluating Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat In Valiant Shield

As the U.S. Air Force continues to fund the development of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Anduril Industries, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) said that it is […]

Mach 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 […]

More 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 […]

MacGyver, 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 […]

DIU 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 […]

Low 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 […]

Redwire 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 […]