Lockheed Martin upgraded a Stalker uncrewed aircraft system during a flight demonstration with new software code that enhanced the processing ability of the onboard sensor to identify and track a target, the company said.
The two companies say they want to integrate and further enhance the Rafael Sky Shield system by combining it with Hensoldt’s domestically developed Kalaetron Attack jammer and then integrate the system on German Eurofighters.
Top Russian government officials are reacting to a lack of sufficient uncrewed air vehicles in their country’s military arsenal, saying they are an “urgent need.”
A new software application designed to steer the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift fleet through holes in an enemy’s advanced air defenses is ready for flight demonstrations, Northrop Grumman says.
U.S. Army officials said on Oct. 11 that they will soon launch a competition for industry to supply a batch of contractor-owned, contractor-operated business jets equipped with a suite of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance payloads.
DARPA has launched its Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay program, an effort to demonstrate the long-distance wireless transmission of energy using lasers and UAVs as relays.
DARPA has announced its Steerable Optical Aperture Receivers program, an effort to identify promising new approaches to optical beam steering in miniature form for use in laser communications or LiDAR.
Lockheed Martin Australia has announced that its R&D team’s Science, Technology, Engineering Leadership, Research Laboratory has successfully implemented artificial intelligence-powered decision support capabilities for the Australia Defense Force’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense system.
Quantum computing company IonQ of suburban Washington said Aug. 18 that it has signed an agreement with European airframer giant Airbus to explore applications of the fast and powerful algorithm technology in aerospace services and passenger experiences.
