UAS

By Graham Warwick
With a takeoff weight of 54 lb., the Skiron-XLE complies with FAA Part 107 regulations for small drones.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Dufour Aerospace has conducted the first hover flight of the production-ready prototype for its Aero2 tiltwing hybrid eVTOL UAS.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Turkish Aerospace Industries has officially opened an office in Bandung, Indonesia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
State media KCNA released images of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un being shown the capabilities of at least two loitering munitions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Kaman’s Kargo and Elroy Air’s Chaparral uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) completed an 18-day performance evaluation on July 26.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Steve Trimble
Using artificial intelligence-assisted autonomy functions, ShieldAI’s Hivemind software controlled two Kratos MQM-178 Firejet drones in collaborative maneuvers.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
Divergent Technologies’ fixtureless assembly cell uses 23 robotic arms to build structures.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
New interceptors, radars, and command and control are on the near-term agenda.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
After a two-year silence, Kronstadt has revealed the results of a draft design project for its Grom UAS: a dumbed-down configuration emphasizing cost over capability.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even contends that helicopters and uncrewed aircraft systems are natural battlefield teammates.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The installation of the unmanned air warfare center (UAWC) features the MD-5E ground control station.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Amazon Prime Air will trial drone delivery as it has done during previous trials.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
With a maximum takeoff weight of 2,500 lb. (1,133 kg), the company describes the aircraft as the “largest civilian drone available for purchase today.”
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
With a cargo payload of 2 tons, the unnamed UAS is the largest uncrewed transport UAS developed in China.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Piotr Butowski
The Russian aircraft manufacturer is pursuing attack and logistics UAV concepts that have evolved because of the war in Ukraine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
AUKUS defense pact partners have been testing the integration of autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI) on uncrewed air systems (UAS).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The RCCTO and the U.S. Army’s Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center have been developing autonomous ground systems.
SMD Symposium

By Brian Everstine
Brig. Gen. Frank Lozano, the program executive officer for Missiles and Space, laid out four planned competitions for next year.
SMD Symposium

By Steve Trimble
The dual-thrust solid rocket motor for BlueHalo’s Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1) completed several rounds of testing since being selected by the Army,
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine, Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
With CCA projects emerging across the world, engine manufacturers are mobilizing to secure a piece of the burgeoning market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
A UK team has begun flight tests of an airborne 5G connectivity system.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Seven years after a pivotal demonstration, the service takes a key step toward fielding autonomous resupply rotorcraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Boeing on July 22 announced an agreement to explore ways to collaborate with Ukraine’s Antonov on defense programs.
Farnborough Airshow

By Vivienne Machi
The 2024 National Strategy for the Arctic Region was released July 22.
Space

By Graham Warwick
From uncrewed vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft to heavy-lift tiltwings, Sikorsky’s family of systems shares common components.
Farnborough Airshow