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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and the U.S. Air Force performed a test flight of the XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned combat aerial vehicle at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona as part of the Block 2 Valkyrie Maturation Program. Kratos and the Air Force Research Laboratory demonstrated the aircraft’s encrypted communications with redundant radios for operational and […] More
General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business will deliver MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles to Poland under a $70.6 million lease agreement with that country’s defense ministry. The MQ-9A system is designed to fly up to 50,000 feet, operate for more than 27 hours and carry up to 3,850 pounds of payload, the company said Monday. Linden Blue, CEO […] More
Kaman‘s air vehicles division will construct a military prototype of its KARGO unmanned aerial vehicle for the U.S. Marine Corps to support its logistics operations in austere environments. Kaman Air Vehicles will employ parallel testing for the prototype’s autonomy system courtesy of Near Earth Autonomy, the aerospace company said Monday. The unit will also work […] More
Global Air Logistics and Training, Northrop Grumman and L3 Harris Technologies will help the U.S. Navy develop a network pod to expand the mission capabilities of the U.S. Marine Corps’ MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle. Work on the first phase of the Reaper Airborne Network Extension Skytower II program will be under an $8.4 million […] More
NASA has awarded nearly $27 million in Phase II Sequential funding to six companies under the Small Business Innovation Research program to continue to develop technology platforms for lunar science and exploration and for unmanned aerial vehicles that could help address wildfires. The six small business awardees were selected for the Sequential awards after maturing […] More
Boeing and NATO launched a three-month innovation challenge that allowed participants from universities in the Netherlands to propose concepts for autonomous systems designed to help the alliance improve situational awareness and address other pressing needs. “Project X sets a benchmark for new and creative ways to engage academia and industry and help Allies develop and […] More
Blue Force Technologies will build an unmanned aerial vehicle for use in adversary air training missions under a Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. The SBIR contract awarded under the Bandit program calls for the North Carolina-based aerospace and defense company to move the vehicle design to the critical […] More
Natilus has secured $6 billion in advance commitments to deliver over 440 autonomous cargo aircraft to major airlines and integrators. The purchase commitments for Natilus’ unmanned aerial vehicles were from Volatus Aerospace, Flexport, Dymond, Astral Aviation and Aurora International, Natilus said Wednesday. “In parallel with the development of our family of autonomous aircraft, we are […] More
Veteran-owned small business Platform Aerospace is planning to advance the development of its Vanilla family of unmanned aerial vehicles to potentially secure deployment contracts with the Department of Defense, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday. Greg Pappianou, chief growth officer at Platform Aero, shared in a Defense News interview that the company eyes improvements to three configurations of […] More
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has partnered with North American Wave Engine Corp. to create a new air-launched vehicle that would demonstrate low-cost technologies to be used in future aerial platforms. Kratos said Friday its unmanned systems division will help Wave Engine Corp. develop the Versatile Air-Launched Platform under the latter’s $1 million contract with […] More
The U.S. Air Force has renewed its partnership with Drone Racing League to expand efforts that promote professional drone piloting and support the service branch’s pilot recruitment efforts. The renewed partnership provides virtual drone racing, season-broadcast integrations, custom content and other DRL opportunities to drone pilots, DRL said Wednesday. Aspiring drone pilots will get the […] More
A division within Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has concluded testing of a low-cost, attritable turbine engine core designed for unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles. The company said Monday Kratos Turbine Technologies division completed engine core testing under the Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission program and exhibited the operability and performance of Kratos’ […] More
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