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Air Force Shifts to New Software Toolkit for Predictive Maintenance
The Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office’s Predictive Analytics and Decision Assistant leverages artificial intelligence software to transform logistics data into...
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MQ-25, H-1 Test Next-Gen Satellite Communications
The Marine Corps' UH-1Y helicopter completed an initial flight to test the data transmission of the new Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) Satellite Communications (SATCOM) capability...
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UK Launches FlyZero Project to Advance Domestic Hydrogen Research and Development
The Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) has launched a new project to enhance hydrogen development capabilities for U.K.-based aerospace companies....
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1 Megawatt Turbogenerator
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, is producing a Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator, a fully-autonomous hybrid-electric vertical-take-off-and-landing prototype, with a maximum gross weight of more than 7,000-pounds.
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GAO Recommends Changes to Army's Future Vertical Lift Acquisition Process
The U.S. Army is developing several aircraft systems to supplement and replace its aging fleet of helicopters. Aircraft in this portfolio, known as Future Vertical...
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Air Force Forecasts 2040 Operating Environments in Global Futures Report
The Air Force published its Global Futures Report April 12, assessing four potential operating environments Airmen may have to navigate in before the turn of the...
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AFRL Conducts First Flight Experiments for Communications in Terahertz Band
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) researchers recently conducted flight experiments in Rome, New York to prove the viability of communications at radio...
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New Algorithm Developed by MIT Researchers Keeps Drones from Colliding in Midair
When multiple drones are working together in the same airspace, perhaps spraying pesticide over a field of corn, there’s a risk they might crash into each...
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Airbus Achieves Autonomous In-Flight Control of Drone From Tanker
Autonomous in-flight guidance and control of a drone using an A310 MRTT was achieved during a recent flight-test in Spain performed by Airbus Defense and Space and the...
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Rim-Driven Electric Aircraft Propulsion
Today, our aviation capability is built upon a carefully iterative evolution in technology over more than a century.
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VISTA X-62
The Lockheed Martin VISTA X-62A training aircraft was flown by an AI agent for more than 17 hours during a recent demonstration, representing the first time AI engaged on a tactical aircraft.
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Navy to Start Using Autonomous Cold Spray Metallization Technology for H-1 Helicopter Maintenance
Following years of rigorous testing and evaluation, a cold spray metallization technology that was initially demonstrated at Fleet...
INSIDER Defense
Boeing to Develop Two New E-7 Variants for US Air Force
Boeing will begin development of two new U.S. variants of the E-7 Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft through a $1.2 billion "Undefinitized Contract...
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Reliable Robotics to Provide Aircraft Automation Study for US Air Force
Reliable Robotics has received a U.S. Air Force contract to explore the automation of large, multi-engine jets. This study will include a feasibility assessment of...
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Chevrolet Unveils 2024 Corvette E-Ray Hybrid
Rather than toasting their sports car’s 70th birthday with polite champagne sips, Chevy yanked the wraps off another edition of the eighth-generation Corvette: the 2024 hybrid E-Ray which...
INSIDER Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Air Force to Inspect KC-135 Fleet for Non-Conforming Tail Pins
The Air Force is directing inspections of KC-135 tanker aircraft for a non-conforming part in the vertical tail assembly. The Time Compliance Technical Order (TCTO) restricts...
INSIDER Aerospace
DARPA AI Algorithms Transition from Simulator to Flying Modified F-16
A joint Department of Defense team executed 12 flight tests in which artificial intelligence (AI) agents piloted the X-62A Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test...
INSIDER Aerospace
US Navy Selects Special Missions King Air 260 as New Multi-Engine Trainer System
In a contract first announced on Jan. 25, the U.S. Navy has awarded Textron Aviation a single, firm-fixed-price contract to develop the T-54A multi-engine...
INSIDER Defense
US Army Approves Common Infrared Countermeasure Systems for Early Fielding
Northrop Grumman’s Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system has achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) with the U.S. Army. With IOC, the U.S. Army...
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US Air Force Awards $85 Million Contract to Develop Pre-Production eSTOL Aircraft
Electra has been selected by the U.S. Air Force AFWERX innovation arm for a Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) award that secures up to $85 million...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
French Air and Space Force CN-235 Fleet to Receive New Avionics Upgrades
A consortium formed by Sabena Technics and Thales has been awarded a contract for the upgrade of the French Air and Space Force’s fleet of CN-235 twin-turboprop...
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Navy Experiments With Flight Line of the Future Tagging Technology
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) recently conducted flight line of the future experimentation with artificial intelligence and machine learning...
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The Future of Automated Guided Vehicles for Aerospace and Defense
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the first automated guided vehicle, and AGVs have been moving things around on humans’ behalf ever since.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Using an Open Architecture Approach to Military Avionics
The system was developed to reduce the high number of controlled flight into terrain accidents in the southeast region of Alaska.
Application Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Integrated Flight Deck
Sky Warden will become the first forward-fit deployable combat aircraft to feature Garmin's G3000 tandem integrated flight deck.
Application Briefs Defense
H-1 Helicopter
Bell Textron Inc. recently completed the Program of Record for the U.S. Marine Corps H-1, with the 189th delivery of the AH-1Z.
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Deep Reinforcement Learning Achieves Multifunctional Morphing Airfoil Control
Uncrewed aerial vehicles are growing in popularity for both civilian and military applications, which makes improving their efficiency an attractive objective.
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Turbine Center Frame
The Clean Sky 2 program is made up of key industry players and subject matter experts along with academic research bodies across Europe.
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