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 […]
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 […]
The Army announced Friday it has officially accepted the first Black Hawk helicopter outfitted to fly autonomously, with the plans for the aircraft to now undergo a “rigorous testing phase.” […]
AeroVironment on March 16 said it has acquired Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. (ESAero) in a $200 million deal that adds manufacturing, design and prototyping capacity, complimentary expertise in electric and hybrid […]
The Defense Innovation Unit last Friday issued a solicitation seeking prototype solutions for airborne magnetic data collection platforms that would support the development of magnetic map data as an alternative […]
Northrop Grumman used its Beacon autonomous testbed, announced in June, to accelerate development of the Project Talon autonomous drone offering for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program. […]
The Navy and Boeing have pushed back the initial flight test of the first MQ-25A Stingray aircraft carrier-based tanker aircraft into early 2026. The government-industry team insisted they are making […]
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) on Nov. 17 announced the successful test of an F-22 Raptor fighter controlling an MQ-20 Avenger unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) for the first […]
Anduril Industries‘ YFQ-44A Fury prototype drone for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program had its debut flight Oct. 31 at a California test site, according to the […]
Boeing on Sept. 1 said it and the Royal Australian Air Force have proven the “operational viability” of the MQ-28 Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) through a series of capability demonstrations […]