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SeaGuardian Used by USN in Support of Integrated Battle Problem
18May By Quadcopter 440No Comments
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SeaGuardian Used by USN in Support of Integrated Battle Problem

In support of the U.S. Navy’s (USN) Integrated Battle Problem 2023 (IBP-23) exercise in May, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) conducted a series of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) exercises cooperatively with the USN Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadrons (HSM) 38, 49, 71, and 75. GA-ASI flew a company-owned MQ-9B SeaGuardian® Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) under a […]
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JACKAL Drone Completes Successful Trial Firing of Thales Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM)
17Apr By Quadcopter 440No Comments
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JACKAL Drone Completes Successful Trial Firing of Thales Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM)

Flyby Technology, a UK-based drone developer, along with Turkish partners FlyBVLOS Technology and Maxwell Innovations, has successfully completed the first trial firing of a Thales Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) using its JACKAL drone system. The JACKAL drone is a versatile Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) platform designed to satisfy a number of roles in […]
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U.S. Government Expands UAV Fleet with Alpha 900 Helicopter Drones
11Apr By Quadcopter 440No Comments
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U.S. Government Expands UAV Fleet with Alpha 900 Helicopter Drones

Rapid Expeditionary Concepts (REC), a veteran and minority-owned small business that specializes in providing end-to-end Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C5ISR) solutions, has been awarded a prime contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for the purchase of Alpha 900 unmanned helicopter systems manufactured by Alpha Unmanned Systems, SL in […]
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Lockheed Martin Seeks To Combine 5G Data Transfer With AI-Driven Military Aircraft Maintenance
10Apr By Jessica ReedNo Comments
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Lockheed Martin Seeks To Combine 5G Data Transfer With AI-Driven Military Aircraft Maintenance

Lockheed Martin has demonstrated analytics-driven maintenance capabilities that are compatible with the Department of Defense’s 5G flight-line ecosystem. Pictured above, maintainers perform repairs on a UH-60 Black Hawk at Wheeler Army Airfield in Hawaii. (Photo: U.S. Army/Sgt. Sarah D. Sangster) Data needed for analytics-driven aircraft maintenance can be rapidly and securely delivered to military personnel via 5G technology, leading to increased aircraft availability and lower maintenance costs, according to a Lockheed Martin executive involved in a recent proof-of-concept demonstration. Following on a 2022 demonstration in which Lockheed Martin successfully transferred aircraft health and usage data from a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter through an AT&T 5G private cellular netw...
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USAF Plans Sensor Testing for Autonomous F-16s
31Mar By Jessica ReedNo Comments
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USAF Plans Sensor Testing for Autonomous F-16s

The Air Force will put six autonomous F-16s in the air, equip them with rapidly upgradable software, execute test flights, and then have pilots fly the aircraft to monitor the functioning of the artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled autonomy. (Photo: Lockheed Martin) The U.S. Air Force plans to integrate and test sensors, including advanced electronically scanned array radar, on autonomous F-16 fighters to feed the service’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. The Air Force’s $2.3 billion fiscal 2024 request for NGAD includes $392 million associated with Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)—figures that indicate that almost 17% of the NGAD fiscal 2024 request is for CCA (Defense Daily, March 14). The Air Force’s March 13 fiscal 2024 budget overview lists a request of $522 million f...
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URVEY Copter Unveils Highly Versatile and Modular VTOL UAV ‘CAPA-X’
30Mar By Quadcopter 440No Comments
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URVEY Copter Unveils Highly Versatile and Modular VTOL UAV ‘CAPA-X’

SURVEY Copter, an Airbus subsidiary specializing in the design, production, and operational support of light tactical unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has announced the launch of a new light tactical UAS called CAPA-X at the SOFINS Special Forces exhibition. The concept behind the design of the CAPA-X UAS was to create a flexible drone system that […]
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Airbus Successfully Demonstrates In-Flight Autonomous Guidance and Control of a Drone from a Tanker Aircraft
28Mar By Quadcopter 440No Comments
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Airbus Successfully Demonstrates In-Flight Autonomous Guidance and Control of a Drone from a Tanker Aircraft

Airbus UpNext and Airbus Defence and Space have made a significant breakthrough by achieving in-flight autonomous guidance and control of a drone from a tanker aircraft. This accomplishment marks a significant milestone in the development of Autonomous Formation Flight and Autonomous Air-to-Air refuelling (A4R), and is an important step towards future aerial operations involving both […]
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Updates from Sikorsky at HAI Heli-Expo 2023
17Mar By Jessica ReedNo Comments
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Updates from Sikorsky at HAI Heli-Expo 2023

President Paul Lemmo and Vice President of Global Commercial and Military Systems Leon Silva spoke during a press conference at HAI Heli-Expo 2023 to share some updates from the past year as well as some of the innovations they see going forward. Sikorsky Aircraft celebrated its 100th anniversary on March 5, just before the start of this year’s HAI Heli-Expo event in Atlanta. President Paul Lemmo and Vice President of Global Commercial and Military Systems Leon Silva spoke during a press conference to share some updates from the past year as well as some of the innovations they see going forward. One of the highlights mentioned was that more than 3,000 lives were saved with Sikorsky aircraft in 2022. The company also delivered 95 helicopters last year across their commercial and military p...
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USAF Budget to Include About a Dozen New Starts
13Mar By Jessica ReedNo Comments
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USAF Budget to Include About a Dozen New Starts

Pictured above is the Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie. Late last year, the 40th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin AFB, FL, took possession of the first of two government-owned XQ-58As. The aircraft is a low-cost, high-performance uncrewed air vehicle that is rocket-launched off a rail system and is controlled from a ground station or airborne fighter by an onboard computer system that is capable of determining the best flight path and throttle settings to comply with commands, the U.S. Air Force said. (Photo: AFRL) The upcoming U.S. Air Force fiscal 2024 budget request is to include about a dozen new start programs that will require congressional authorization, and Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told reporters on March 7 at the Air & Space Forces Association conference in Aurora, CO, that he is ...
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