UAS

Indonesia could become the first international customer for Baykar’s Kizilelma autonomous combat aircraft.

Otto Aerospace has completed flight tests of an uncrewed aircraft designed around its drag-reducing natural laminar flow technology.

Northrop Grumman has flown an experimental hybrid-electric uncrewed aircraft designed under a DARPA X-Prime project.

The FAA is publishing proposed rules for restricting unmanned aircraft operations in airspace over key facilities.

The U.S. military is bolstering its investments in autonomous systems and needs to test those platforms before they are used on signal-cluttered battlefields.

With conflicts near its borders increasingly dominated by one-way attack drones, Turkey’s defense industry is accelerating efforts to develop domestic options.

The EU launched a call for participation in the EU-Ukraine Drone Alliance aimed at fostering development of UAS and ways to defend against them.

New Zealand’s Syos Aerospace is preparing to field a wider range of drones for testing in Ukraine.

Viasat has announced that avionics engineering house L2 Aviation has joined its Velaris service offering for sat connectivity with AAM and eVTOLs.

Computing by laser; automating light helicopters; uncrewed airdropping; and beam-powered UAS.

GKN Aerospace is finalizing the architecture for an uncrewed aircraft systems demonstrator for Sweden.

Dzyne Technologies has secured a contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory for three Ultra Turbo medium-altitude, long-endurance tactical UAS.

MTU Aero Engines expects the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program to evolve to the pursuit of two different aircraft types.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Japan’s Terra Drones has acquired its second stake in a Ukrainian manufacturer of interceptor drones.

Autonomous flight system developer Merlin has raised $80 million in new funding through the sale of shares to an existing institution investor.

Israel’s Elbit Systems has opened a facility to produce uncrewed aircraft systems in Romania.

Firestorm Labs raised $82 million to scale up production and fielding of its xCell containerized manufacturing system, which enables 3D printing of drones

Ukraine is looking to capitalize on the success it has had developing counter-drone and other systems by adjusting government rules to enable defense exports.

One major American UAS provider is going ahead and making promises to investors and suppliers alike that the U.S. industry will grow.

The U.S. Marine Corps has selected teams to demonstrate uncrewed cargo helicopters for contested logistics missions.

Britten-Norman is beginning installation of an advanced phased-array 5G antenna system onto a BN2T-4S Islander that will be used as a flying testbed.

U.S. autonomous aircraft startup Pyka has conducted the first flight of its DropShip hybrid-electric heavylift uncrewed cargo aircraft.

The U.S. Navy on April 25 conducted the much anticipated first flight of its Boeing MQ-25 Stingray uncrewed refueling aircraft, a major milestone in the service’s pursuit of bringing autonomous aircraft to its carriers.

A long-endurance uncrewed aircraft has been powered in flight via laser beam while conducting a surveillance mission during a demo on a U.S. Air Force range.