UAS

By Steve Trimble
The flight on Jan. 25 at the Eglin Test and Training Complex off the Florida coast builds on four years of experiments by the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The ban affects any drone with beyond-line-of-sight range, endurance greater than 30-min., takeoff weight of more than 7 kg or an empty weight more than 4 kg.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Angus Batey
RTX business Collins Aerospace has announced that integration of its MS-110 sensor onto the F-16 aircraft has been completed.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Britain’s Orkney Islands are set to become the first region of the UK to have an uncrewed aircraft system mail delivery service.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army has combined Tranche 2 and Tranche 3 for the Short-Range Reconnaissance program into a single production order of 12,000 drones over 10 years.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Startup Pyka has received approval from the FAA to operate its autonomous electric crop spraying aircraft in the U.S.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Kim Minseok, Chen Chuanren
North Korea has unveiled two “new” uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) at its Weaponry Exhibition-2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Madrid has approved spending on a new fleet of Airbus-built UAS for the Spanish Army and Air Force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is sending additional Patriot and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) munitions to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Most airline close calls happened within 1 1/2 mi. of a runway approach or departure zone.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. is sending additional high-end air defense systems, precision aerial munitions and kamikaze drones to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Neither the contract’s value nor the number of Akinci systems ordered by the Middle Eastern country have been made public.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Dufour Aerospace has selected Switzerland’s Connova to supply the composite airframe for its Aero2 tiltwing hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Dubbed the Collaborative Low-Altitude UAS Integration Effort (CLUE), the system was developed by AFRL’s Information Directorate.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The companies will produce initial conceptual designs for operational and demonstration systems.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Airbus and Czech uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) developer Primoco UAV have teamed up to cooperate on small UAS development.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Swiss startup Dufour Aerospace has finalized the design and specifications for its Aero2 hybrid-electric tiltwing VTOL UAS.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The airborne launch demonstration of the 18-kg, anti-tank loitering munition occurred during the U.S. Army’s Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Valkyrie, a jet-powered, $4 million class attack uncrewed aircraft system, represents a new product class for the Hivemind autonomy technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Aeronautics' enclosed payload bay marks a departure from the exposed payload stations under the nose of previous versions of the Orbiter series.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Kuwait has finalized a deal to acquire the Turkish-developed Baykar Bayraktar TB2 armed uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Turgis & Gaillard plans to achieve first flight by the end of this year and complete a self-funded series of airworthiness testing in 2025.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Steve Trimble
The goals of the Heavy VTOL (HVTOL) program exceed the requirements of the Marine Corps’ ongoing Medium Unmanned Logistics System - Air (MULS-A) competition.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Steve Trimble
The latest delivery of the H4, a fiber-combined laser, is the first such Raytheon-designed weapon system to be palletized, and delivered to the Air Force.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Canada has released a solicitation for high-altitude UAS, but the Special Operations Command is disclosing few details.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare