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Answering Your Questions: What are New Missions for Military UAVs?
An industry expert tells a Tech Briefs reader what's over the next hill regarding military UAVs.
News Weapons Systems
ANSYS Will Help Airbus Develop AI-Enabled Flight Controls for the FCAS Program’s Autonomous Wingmen
Airbus Defence and Space, a division of Airbus SE, is partnering with Pittsburgh-based ANSYS, Inc. to develop software for advanced...
News Robotics, Automation & Control
SAE International Establishes a New AI Standards Committee at Le Bourget
SAE International announced the formation of a new artificial intelligence (AI) standards committee during the 53rd International Paris Air Show. The SAE G-34 Committee...
INSIDER Software
Software Accelerates Hypersonic Engine Development
Argonne National Laboratory and the Air Force Research Laboratory developed a new numerical modeling tool that allows for a better understanding of rotating detonation engines (RDEs)....
INSIDER Aerospace
Learning-Based Controller Uses AI to Land Multi-Rotor Drones
Landing multi-rotor drones smoothly is difficult. Complex turbulence is created by the airflow from each rotor bouncing off the ground as the ground grows closer during descent....
News Aerospace
BAE Systems Will Supply Flight Control and Target Identification Systems for Boeing’s Carrier-Based MQ-25
BAE Systems plc is the latest to join the Boeing Company’s MQ-25 Stingray team. At the 2019 International Paris Air Show, BAE...
News Connectivity
Artificial Intelligence Could Reduce CV-22 Osprey Maintenance
The Raytheon Company is testing a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed to help determine when the multi-mode radar installed on U.S. Air Force CV-22 tiltrotor...
News Defense
Lockheed Martin Announces Latest Hypersonic Progress at Le Bourget
Lockheed Martin Corporation successfully flight tested the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) on a U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. The captive...
News Unmanned Systems
SAE International’s Next Meetup Rounds up Altran Automotive and Motus Ventures to Discuss Validation of Autonomous Systems
SAE International’s next Innovations in Mobility Meetup will be on June 18 at Prospect Silicon Valley (ProspectSV)...
News Imaging
Gaming Tech Helps Apache Maintainers Reduce Training Time
Lockheed Martin Corporation has released the latest version of RELY3D, its advanced visualization and training tool for sensor system maintainers working on the Boeing AH-64 Apache...
News Manned Systems
DIN and SAE International Release a Primer for Automated Vehicle Terminology
In current discussions surrounding the AV industry, specific terms are frequently misrepresented or used in multiple contexts. To establish common language for...
News Robotics, Automation & Control
Now Available: SAE EDGE Research Report on Unsettled Topics in Automated Vehicle Test and Validation
SAE International in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, announces the availability of a new SAE EDGE™ Research Report, focused on unsettled...
News Manned Systems
Can the Air Force Reach a 24-Hour Launch Window?
Launching rockets with 24-hour notice is one of the U.S. Air Force’s latest goals. In a “sources sought” notice titled Rapid Space Launch Initiative, the service is reaching out to...
News Test & Measurement
Gordon Murray Reveals Lightweight T.50 Supercar: V12, Ground-Effects Fan, $2.5-Million Pricetag
It will be the aural signature of Prof. Gordon Murray, Formula 1 racecar and environmental-efficiency vehicle creator: the sound of a bespoke...
News Connectivity
Tactile Data for Autonomous Driving Recognized with TU-Automotive Award
Haifa, Israel-based Tactile Mobility (formerly MobiWize) has won the TU-Automotive Awards “Best Connected Product/Service for the Commercial Vehicle Market” award for...
News Regulations/Standards
Aerospace Composites Experts Will Meet in Wichita This Month, Focusing on Validating Repairs Techniques
The amount of composite material in modern aircraft is staggering – nearly half of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s airframe is made up of...
News Transportation
Fiat-Chrysler Will Deploy Aurora Self-Driving Technology on It Commercial Vehicles
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. will begin integrating Aurora Innovation, Inc.’s autonomous driving Aurora Driver platform into its commercial vehicle...
INSIDER Photonics/Optics
NRL Develops Laser Processing Method to Increase Efficiency of Optoelectronic Devices
Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) discovered a new method to passivate defects in next generation optical materials to improve...
INSIDER Defense
Army Turns to Smart Technology to Protect Military Installations
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment Alex Beehler doesn't need proof of threats to military and government installations. He is reminded...
INSIDER Defense
AFRL Achieves “Shocking” Materials Technology Breakthrough
The Air Force Research Laboratory, along with research partners at Los Alamos National Laboratory, are working to change the shape of materials technology with a breakthrough...
News Connectivity
SAE Course Delivers an Introduction to the Latest Aviation Cybersecurity Essentials
As of 2019, the only acceptable mean of compliance (AMC) for U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and European Union Aviation Safety Agency aviation...
News Energy
Alakai Technologies Unveils the World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Urban Air Mobility Vehicle
Alakai Technologies Corporation has unveiled a new urban air mobility (UAM) vehicle. “Skai,” Alakai Technology’s electric vertical takeoff...
News Manned Systems
NASA Opens the International Space Station for Commercial Business
NASA is opening the International Space Station (ISS) for commercial business to accelerate U.S. science and technology innovation and accelerate the development of...
News Connectivity
Raytheon, UTC Merger Will Direct $8B R&D Budget Toward Hypersonics, Cybersecurity, AI, and Next-Gen Connected Aircraft
Almost exactly seven months after United Technologies Corporation (UTC) completed its acquisition of Rockwell Collins (now...
News Aerospace
Deloitte Issues Report on Viability of EVTOL UAM Transportation
In a new report, New York City-based consulting and advisory firm, Deloitte Global suggests while that there has been progress in the development of electric vertical take-off and...
News Sensors/Data Acquisition
Cepton Technology’s Newest Highspeed Lidar Sensor Can Spot a Tow Hitch on a Vehicle Traveling 50 Miles per Hour
Cepton Technologies, Inc., a San Jose, California-based 3D lidar developer, has added a line scanning lidar (light detection...
News Defense
Boeing’s CAV Makes First Outdoor Flight
Boeing has successfully completed the first outdoor flight test of its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) cargo air vehicle (CAV). The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operated in a safe...
News Defense
Sikorsky’s Autonomous Black Hawk Helicopter Takes Flight
Lockheed Martin Corporation subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation tested a new full-authority, fly-by-wire flight control technology kit for the first time on a Sikorsky UH-60...
News Aerospace
Vertical Aerospace Is Honeywell’s Latest Partner in the UAM Industry
Honeywell International Inc. and Vertical Aerospace Ltd. have agreed to work together to solve urban air mobility’s (UAM’s) technical, regulatory and business...
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