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New Anduril, Skydio Drones Start Field Testing in Romania
“Combat is moving into a very drone heavy type of warfare,” said Lt. Alexis Gavrillis, a 35A Military Intelligence Officer in 317th Brigade Engineer Battalion (BEB), 3rd Brigade...
Application Briefs Unmanned Systems
MUSHER Demonstrates Manned-Unmanned Aircraft Teaming Applications
Airbus Helicopters and its partners conducted a full scale demonstration of a manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) system developed as part of a project funded by the European Union and code-named “MUSHER.” The demonstration took place in France and Italy from Sept. 30 – Oct. 9, and involved multiple manned helicopters and unmanned systems connected to a single MUM-T network. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs Manned Systems
Autonomous Air Defense Production
Anduril Industries has been awarded a $249,978,466 contract to deliver advanced air defense capabilities across services for the Department of Defense (DoD). This contract will deliver more than 500 Roadrunner-Ms and additional Pulsar electronic warfare capabilities, addressing the growing threat of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) attacks against U.S. forces. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs Manned Systems
Enabling Off-the-Shelf Autonomous Naval Warfare
The Navy is actively exploring emerging technologies that enable uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) and uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) to extend the range of its communications and electronic warfare (EW) capabilities. Read on to learn more about it.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
What is Drone Jamming and How Can it Be Countered?
Deliberate RF jamming of drones has become one of the most common battlefield tactics in Ukraine. But what is jamming, how does it work and how can it be countered by unmanned aerial vehicles in the field? Read on to find out.
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
AI-Trained Vehicles Can Adjust to Extreme Turbulence on the Fly
Researchers at Caltech took an important step toward using reinforcement learning to adaptively learn how turbulent wind can change over time, and then uses that knowledge to control a UAV based on what it is experiencing in real time.
Podcasts Manned Systems
Scaling Manufacturing and Production for 'Data as a Service' Electric Drone
Fatema Hamdani, co-founder of Kraus Hamdani Aerospace, is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast.
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
New Drones and Software Selected for DoD's Replicator 1.2
In a Nov. 13 announcement, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced additional capabilities selected for accelerated fielding as part of the Replicator initiative. This...
Podcasts RF & Microwave Electronics
The Unusual Machines Approach to Low-Cost Drones and Drone Components
Unusual Machines CEO Allan Evans is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast.
Videos Aerospace
AUSA 2024: New Drones and Counter UAS Technology
Watch this video to see the new drones and counter UAS technology on display at AUSA 2024.
INSIDER Unmanned Systems
New Report Analyzes Decline in Number of Aircraft Operated by the Army
In analyzing the availability and use of aircraft by the U.S. Army from 2000 to 2023, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published a 16-page report finding that the...
INSIDER Unmanned Systems
Lockheed Martin Flight Tests Direct RF Gen12 Transceiver on Group 2 Drone
Lockheed Martin in collaboration with Altera, an Intel Company, completed a successful flight demonstration of our 12th Generation Electronic Warfare (Gen12)...
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Articles Weapons Systems
Cutting-Edge Drone Killer Radio Wave Weapon Developing at Pace
Delivered by Team Hersa, the Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon can detect, track and engage a range of threats across land, air and sea. The system uses radio waves to disrupt or damage critical electronic components inside enemy platforms, such as drones, causing them to stop in their tracks or fall out of the sky. Read on to learn more.
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
New Cognitive 'MIMO' Drone Radar Completes Flight Testing in Germany
An ever-growing number of aircraft now share the airspace over urban areas. Drones are increasingly being used for a wide range of applications, including in Class G...
INSIDER Aerospace
Honeywell Launches New System to Counter Drone Swarms
Honeywell has announced the launch of its new Stationary and Mobile UAS Reveal and Intercept System, designed to counter drone swarms through advanced detection, tracking and...
Articles Weapons Systems
How Next-Generation Edge Computers Will Shape Drone Warfare
Drones – or uncrewed aerial systems, as they are known by the military – have become ubiquitous in most armed forces around the world. Across all domains, drones employ a range of sensors. Read on to learn more about how next-gen edge computers will advance them.
Application Briefs Unmanned Systems
Next Generation C-UAS Missile
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center has selected BlueHalo and Raytheon to develop Next-Generation Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System Missile prototypes. Read on to learn what this means.
Briefs Unmanned Systems
Creating and Verifying Stable AI-Controlled Systems in a Rigorous, Flexible Way
Researchers have developed new techniques that rigorously certify Lyapunov calculations in more elaborate systems. Their algorithm efficiently searches for and verifies a Lyapunov function, providing a stability guarantee for the system. Read on to learn more.
Articles Internet of Things
Optimizing IoMT Device Battery Life With Emulation and Profiling Software
Battery profiling and emulation software are essential for IoMT device power analysis in order to improve field operations and force safety. Profiling and emulation help improve battery life, mimic any charge and battery profile state, create more reliable and consistent test environments, and measure capacity loss and aging effects. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs Manned Systems
The New Airbus Wingman Aircraft
Airbus presented a new prototype Wingman concept aircraft at the 2024 International Aerospace Exhibition ILA in Berlin. Read on to learn all about it.
INSIDER Power
Small Low-Cost Engines for Drones and Collaborative Combat Aircraft
GE Aerospace and Kratos Turbine Technologies signed a new partnership agreement at the 2024 Farnborough International Air Show to develop and manufacture small affordable...
INSIDER Weapons Systems
Counter UAS Systems Tested Against Swarms of 50 Drones in Latest Yuma Exercise
The U.S. military has used unmanned aircraft for decades to perform dangerous reconnaissance and attack missions that save lives, but the importance of small...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
First Air Force Unmanned Traffic Management System Deployed at MacDill
Air Mobility Command, or AMC, in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Information Directorate, began assessing the AFRL Collaborative...
INSIDER Defense
US Army Needs to Improve How New Equipment is Fielded, Report Says
Since 2021, the U.S. Army has invested $46.5 billion into developing new weapons and fielding them faster. However, a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds...
INSIDER Aerospace
WATCH: Air Force Research Lab's First Flight of XQ-67A Drone
The Air Force Research Laboratory successfully flew the first of a second- generation of Autonomous Collaborative Platforms known as the XQ-67A demonstrator, built and flown in...
INSIDER Unmanned Systems
Four Companies to Design Air Force Enterprise Test Drone Prototypes
The U.S. Air Force Armament Directorate (AFLCMC/EB) and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) have partnered to identify and prototype commercial and dual-use technology...
Podcasts Energy
The Future of eVTOL Battery Technology
Ronnie Tao, Vice President of Business Development for Amprius Technologies, joins the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast to discuss the AIBOT battery selection and what to expect in the future development of eVTOL battery technology. He also explains how far most eVTOLs can fly on Amprius and other comparable aircraft batteries today.
INSIDER Defense
German Air Force Starts Flight Testing New Heron ISR Drone
The German Air Force has started a six month flight testing program with its new German Heron Turboprop (TP) drone, according to recent updates published by Airbus and the...
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