UAS

By Graham Warwick
The document, DO-406, clears the way for manufacturers to produce avionics using AURA Network Systems’ 450-MHz spectrum.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Autonomy is coming to commercial aviation. Its first stop: the Cessna Caravan.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Although short of the seven-day flight hoped for, Skydweller says it demonstrated feasibility of staying airborne for months on solar power and batteries.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
Advanced air mobility (AAM) could have a transformational impact on the lives of disabled people if accessibility is “baked in.”
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The Replicator 2 plan will be submitted with the fiscal 2026 budget request.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Aurora’s Liberty Lifter; stratospheric HAPS; Radian’s subscale spaceplane; and GAC plans winged eVTOL air taxi.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The budget reprogrammings allow the Army to start buying several new capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is eager to position the Sooner State as a high-tech manufacturing hub.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Flight tests of the CLS-300 are planned for the second half of 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago, Kyiv has relied on a steady pace of innovation in the use of UAS and other tech to fight back.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The Munich-based company has now raised more than €135 million.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The tests were conducted at AeroTEC in Moses Lake, Washington.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The new funds are intended to finance expanded production of Pyka’s autonomous electric fixed-wing aircraft, which come in two variants.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Flight tests of the aircraft–the third to be built–began on Sept. 25.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore's Defense Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and U.S.-based Skydio have agreed to collaborate on autonomous uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) R&D.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The UK Civil Aviation Authority plans to begin beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone demonstrations by year’s end.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Responses to the RFI are expected to feature an eclectic mix of solutions to the problem.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Italian Navy is studying the long-term concept of employing uncrewed aerial systems as a possible airborne early warning (AEW) platform for its aircraft carriers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The Taiwanese Defense Ministry says the unit was established Feb. 1, but its existence was not revealed until Sept. 18.
Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
The Norwegian Research Center has purchased two Windracers Ultra drones for Antarctic survey missions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Thales is looking to begin industrialization of its Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon developed in the UK.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
Chinese company Zhongce Beifang Science and Technology is presenting a range of uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) to Indonesia, including its LM-10 loitering munition.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Left out of the first round of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, Lockheed Martin is now looking at cheaper, less capable designs for the next round.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S.-led group of nations supporting Ukraine cannot train F-16 pilots fast enough to meet the nation’s needs, Europe's top USAF officer says.
Budget, Policy & Operations