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Kratos Defense and Security Solutions and the Air Force Research Laboratory completed the sixth flight test of the company’s XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aerial vehicle on March 26 at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The test flight also demonstrated Valkyrie’s ability to release a small, unmanned aircraft system through its internal weapons bay.

Unmanned aircraft system manufacturer Martin UAV has publicly unveiled a new vertical takeoff and landing platform intended to support applications such as logistics, search-and-rescue, firefighting and energy operations. Martin UAV said Tuesday that the V-BAT 128 UAS has the capacity for rapid assembly, vertical hover and flights of up to 20,000 feet.

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have conducted a test flight to demonstrate the capacity of drone swarms to support combat operations in urban settings.

Venture capital firm Decisive Point has made an investment of an undisclosed sum in drone technology manufacturer Asylon to help accelerate the latter's development of autonomous system software and infrastructure for defense and security clients.

The U.S. Navy has asked industry for insights to help inform an analysis effort seeking to identify potential vertical lift alternatives as it prepares to replace its existing fleet of Sikorsky-built MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopters and Northrop Grumman-made MQ-8B/C Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicles, FlightGlobal reported Friday.

AE Industrial Partners has acquired UAV Factory, a provider of tactical unmanned aerial vehicle and intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance technology. With the purchase, UAV Factory will serve as an unmanned technology platform for AEI. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. "UAV Factory's engineering and technical capabilities, combined with its proven and growing set of technology solutions, are truly differentiated in the market," said Jeffrey Hart, principal at AEI.

The U.S. Army has asked industry for information on supply drone concepts as part of the Joint Tactical Autonomous Aerial Resupply System program. A notice published Thursday on the beta SAM website says the service is seeking a first unit equipped supply drone that could demonstrate operational capability at technology readiness level 6, could be ready for use by 2026 and could comply with regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration and the International Civil Aviation Organization.

The U.S. Navy has posted a market survey to seek insights on submarine-launched unmanned aerial vehicles built to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations, Inside Defense reported Tuesday.

Perspecta's applied research unit has received a $5.1M contract modification to mature a radio-frequency management system for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and demonstrate the technology on an unmanned aerial vehicle.

Woolpert will open a research hub in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, for unmanned aircraft systems and other aviation technology and expects to hire additional employees to work at the new facility.

The U.S. Air Force plans to select a contractor this summer to prototype the service brach's “Skyborg“ unmanned aerial vehicle ahead of flight tests scheduled for 2021, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday.

Flir Systems has won a $20.6M contract to provide the U.S. Army with nano-size unmanned aerial vehicles designed to assist in surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

Boeing conducted a demonstration in March to test the capability of the S-100 Camcopter unmanned air vehicle to resupply warfighters with small cargo packages as part of the U.S. Army's Expeditionary Warrior Experiment, FlightGlobal reported Tuesday.

The U.S. Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force have teamed up with industry partners to build unmanned aerial systems that will work to accompany manned aircraft units, National Defense reported Friday.

Rolls-Royce has built its first electronic engine controller at a facility near Purdue University in Indiana to support the development of next-generation aircraft engine technologies.