Jun 12, 2025 | Drones, Hybrids, Military
The United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFB), Ohio, has awarded a nearly $100 million contract to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) to develop a hybrid-electric ducted fan-powered unmanned aerial...
May 8, 2025 | Drones, Military
The Marine Corps is learning to fight with uncrewed aerial systems, and there’s a lot to figure out. One Marine Corps leader said the potential for confusion on cluttered future battlefields “haunts” his dreams. “Knowing what’s good guys...
Mar 27, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, Featured, Military
Hydrogen flight startup ZeroAvia announced on March 25, 2025, that it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the US Department of the Air Force (DAF). The project that is the object of this grant aims to evaluate the integration of...
Jan 16, 2025 | Drones, Military
The United States Army Contracting Command Redstone Arsenal is seeking opinions from the defense industry on Launched Effects (LE) or unmanned aerial vehicles which can be integrated into an aerial intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance platform (A-ISR)...
Nov 13, 2024 | Autonomous Ships, Autonomous Vehicles, Military
Saab announced this week the arrival of something called the Autonomous Ocean Core. Technically a hardware and software suite, the tech is described as a ready-to-use autonomous control system meant to turn surface and subsurface ships into autonomous platforms...
Oct 17, 2024 | Aerial Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles, Defense, Military
Autonomous helicopters have been in the works for years now, and that means we’re already getting to see some incipient results. One such development might take the form of a self-flying Black Hawk helicopter, for which DARPA just gave one of the biggest names...
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