Trend: UAS Integration

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 […]

MQ-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. […]

Navy’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. […]

Air Combat Command’s EOU Tests Anduril’s YFQ-44A

Last week, the Air Force’s Experimental Operations Unit (EOU) at Nellis AFB, Nev., tested an Anduril Industries YFQ-44A Fury prototype Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), which flew from a company site in southern […]

Army’s Work With H-60Mx Black Hawk To Inform Bringing Autonomy To MV-75 FLRAA

NASHVILLE, Tenn.–Army and Sikorsky officials said April 16 the service’s new Black Hawk outfitted to fly autonomously is serving as a testbed for bringing autonomy capability to the future MV-75 […]