UAS

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne, Craig Caffrey
Even if the Middle East is no longer the only game in town for defense exports, it still has ample appetite for advanced equipment, from drones to transports.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Spain’s Satnus joint venture, established to develop autonomous remote carrier technologies for the European FCAS, has completed its first flight test campaign.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Lower-cost e-SAF; storing hydrogen in SAF; Chinese large cargo UAS; and supersonic prototype plan.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Unveiled at the Zhuhai Airshow in November, the CH-YH1000 is a medium-altitude multipurpose aircraft for civil and military missions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
A crippling lack of key indigenous infrastructure and skills continues to hold back India’s defense industry, despite rising investment.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Lithuanian startup Airvolve has adopted horizontal-axis cyclorotor propulsion to develop a compact middle-mile logistics uncrewed air system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The company has not set a timeline for the operational rollout of deliveries.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Test flights of the tiltwing aircraft from Zurich have included transitions from vertical to horizontal flight and back.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The Albatroz UAS is a 500-kg, fixed-wing, twin-boom UAS that the company hopes to embark on the ship for trials as soon as June.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus and Spanish shipbuilder Navantia have agreed to explore the navalization of the Sirtap UAS, potentially enabling it to operate from Juan Carlos I.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The deal will net the UK startup $84 million after deducting fees related to the transaction.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The Italian company revealed the discussions after Baykar announced it had hosted a delegation from Leonardo.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
The acquisition is being driven by the U.S. Defense Department Joint All-Domain Command and Control (known as JADC2) strategy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Taiwan’s nascent drone sector has encountered a setback.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Data from payloads fitted to the aircraft, including electro-optical cameras and radar imagery, will be sent from the UAS to a Geo-Information Center.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
India has become an observer on the Eurodrone program, the European Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation, which oversees the effort, said Jan. 21.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Hydrogen-fuel turboprop; cargo uncrewed air vehicle flies on liquid hydrogen; riblet paint on Boeing 787; BAE battery for Airbus hybridization.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
The system, developed over the past year, is designed for sub-25-kg (55.1 lb.) uncrewed aircraft systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
German police have opened a probe related to drone sightings over the military aircraft development and test facility in Manching and Neuburg AB.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The Defense Innovation Board (DIB) is calling for the U.S. to act with greater urgency to field uncrewed systems to make up ground lost to competitors.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems-owned HAPS developer Prismatic is getting ready to flight-test the latest iteration of its PHASA-35 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
HAL published images of the demonstrator aircraft, carrying out ground runs of its yet-unidentified jet engine, on Jan. 11.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Septentrio, headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, specializes in high-precision GNSS receivers featuring anti-jamming and anti-spoofing technology.
Satellites

By Thierry Dubois
With an eye on future commercial aircraft, Thales envisions a path for certifiable AI in uncrewed systems and air traffic management.
Safety, Ops & Regulation