A newly released road map calls for Collaborative Combat Aircraft orders to begin this year, with new increments rolling out in roughly five-year intervals.
Leonardo has established a new aeronautics division, consolidating the company’s fixed-wing crewed aircraft, aerostructures and UAS work under one roof.
A UK company developing a co-axial rotor system-equipped uncrewed rotorcraft has secured $4 million more in funding to speed testing and expand its facilities.
The UK arm of European missile manufacturer MBDA has invested in a small drone developer to assist in the making of a prototype 881.8 lb. hybrid multicopter.
The U.S. Marines are planning upgrades to their Bell helicopters to increase their survivability, integrate long-range weapons and improve connectivity.
UK startup ARC Aerosystems has signed an agreement to supply up to 30 of its Pegasus III gyroplanes to kidney recovery and transport specialist 34Lives.
The Texas A&M University System has been selected to establish a federal research center to integrate drones and air taxis into the national airspace system.
Taiwan’s AVIX and India’s Optiemus Unmanned Systems will collaborate on the production of drone components for defense applications in the subcontinent.
