UAS

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
Airbus has used its modified Airbus Do-DT25 uncrewed aircraft system for the first time to intercept a drone target.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
China ran the first ground test of a hydrogen-fueled variant of the AEP100 turboprop, the country’s first megawatt-class hydrogen-powered aerospace engine.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall
The UK Defense Ministry is hunting for technology to defeat fiber-optically controlled drones in the latest in a flurry of counter-UAS initiatives.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Nuclear fusion rocket power; Matrix autonomy joins the Army; ship-to-shore contested logistics; and sulfur’s role in contrails formation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Shield AI has demonstrated the rapid integration of its Hivemind autonomy software by installing it into the Hornet uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
AeroVironment has unveiled the Locust X3 system as a 20-35-kW higher energy laser.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
European electric aircraft charging network NRG2fly has built a prototype megawatt charging system for German electric regional aircraft startup Vaeridion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army within a few days in mid-March ordered thousands of reconnaissance drones. .
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
German startup Quantum Systems says it has secured funding for 15,000 interceptor drones for use by the Ukrainian National Guard.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
AAM must figure out how to safely integrate eVTOL traffic with an ATC system that is not designed for high-density, low-altitude operations.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters and Spanish telecoms provider Telefonica will jointly demonstrate the potential use of 5G communications in military helicopters and UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Gulf airlines continue to face heavy disruption, while U.S. carriers deal with a fuel cost surge and must compete against largely hedged European airlines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
An unidentified flying-wing uncrewed aircraft system was photographed and videoed at low altitude near Larissa Air Base, Greece, on March 18.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Special tactics units within the USAF Special Operations Command are researching options for buying short-range, first-person-view, one-way attack drones.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems has revealed more details about its new, rapidly developed anti-drone defense software system.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne, Ben Goldstein, Guy Norris
Robinson Helicopter is growing its business with new uncrewed aircraft, military training bids and development of a larger utility helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) flew a mission autonomy system derived from the Shield AI Hivemind in two UAVs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
AeroVironment said March 16 that it had acquired Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc. in a $200 million cash and stock transaction.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Anduril did not win a $20 billion check from the U.S. Army on March 13, as announced, but instead a consolidated contracting vehicle.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
The UK is starting to plan the potential procurement of a specialist counter-UAS capability under its much larger Land Ground-Based Air Defense program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Ben Goldstein
Parallel Flight Technologies has received a key regulatory OK that allows it to begin commercial deployment of its heavy-lift, hybrid-electric UAS in the U.S.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
A new U.S. Army online marketplace for counter uncrewed aircraft systems is now hosting more than 90 products.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The Israel Defense Forces says it is increasing its focus on taking out Iran’s drone warfare capacity.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Swarm Aero added $35 million in Series A financing to continue developing a large uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Sikorsky is ground-testing the powertrain for its HEX hybrid-electric tiltwing VTOL aircraft ahead of flight tests with two uncrewed demonstrators next year.
Advanced Air Mobility