UAS

A $19 million contract launches the Flyer One program, with the goal of dramatically accelerating the airworthiness approval process for new aircraft designs.

A sources sought notice published on Sept. 19 calls for responses for a Long Range Attack Munition that can be purchased in fiscal 2025 and fielded in 2027.

The latest U.S. sanctions block direct transactions with individuals and entities based in Iran, China, Russia and Turkey.

The FAA has authorized Zipline International to perform beyond-visual-line-of-sight flights of its cargo drones.

The teaming arrangement was agreed to during the Defense Security Equipment International exhibition.

General Atomics has acquired EO Vista, a company that develops electro-optical sensors for satellites and aircraft.

The system could provide the range and payload of larger combustion-engine-powered UAVs without the noise, vibration and emissions.

BAE Systems and platform integrator MSI Defense Solutions are pitching a palletized guided rocket system.

Skyports Drone Services has begun delivering spare parts and other packages on demand to oil rigs in the North Sea.

The 2023 National Defense Report released Sept. 12 laid out the new acquisition plans as part of an effort to bolster Taiwan’s asymmetric capabilities.

AeroVironment makes two loitering munitions: the anti-personnel Switchblade 300 and the anti-armored vehicle Switchblade 600.

The fate of Taiwan's Teng Yun II, or “Cloud Rider,” UAS will be decided after operational testing has been completed after a 16-year development path.

The National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology is self-funding development of the Albatross II to attract orders by Taiwan’s Navy and Coast Guard.

MARSS unveiled its Interceptor anti-drone system last year.

Qinetiq and BAE Systems have teamed up to develop a low-cost, disposable uncrewed aircraft system.

An image released by the Israeli Air Force shows only the midbody section of the new Spark UAV where a high-wing attaches to the fuselage

The Rapid Experimental Missonized Autonomy (REMA) program, worth a total of $25 million spread across multiple anticipated awards, kicked off on Sept. 11.

DARPA awarded the LongShot program to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) in February 2021 after a competitive selection process.

Authors of a new study see increasingly autonomous UAS as helping China limit the number of casualties it might face in a conflict and boost its industrial base.

A major new Pentagon initiative to bring on thousands of cheap autonomous systems will not require new funding or authorities.

Insitu has revealed that its Integrator uncrewed aircraft system can deploy multiple small munitions, adding a strike capability to the surveillance aircraft.

France’s Defense Innovation Lab and the French Navy have recently been evaluating flight tests of a UAS prototype launched from a submarine.

Anduril Industries has acquired North Carolina-based Blue Force Technologies (BFT) and the small firm’s large uncrewed aircraft system development program.

The proposed Skunk Works tool—an F-35-mounted autonomous processing node—connect to the less-intelligent CCAs during a mission.

The adoption of the Dominator XP, made by Israeli company Aeronautics, marks the Royal Thai Air Force's first medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) UAS.