In 2017, a number of new and developing defense technologies will move forward, ranging from precision bombs freed from GPS to leaps in directed energy.

Amazon’s latest delivery drone; Turbulence downed Facebook’s UAV; JAXA’s new turbofan testbed; Intelsat touts smaller satcom for UAVs; Drones check Texas roads and railways.

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The Boeing E-3 Sentry’s 1970s-vintage cockpit gets a facelift to enable free access to international airspace and reduce the aircrew required on the flight deck.

Airbus’s Silicon Valley outpost is developing a modular cabin for widebody freighter aircraft that will provide new types of passenger experience that can generate additional revenue for airlines while making it quicker and easier to change cabins, even between flights.

A new thermodynamic cycle could produce a lightweight, fuel-efficient heavy-fuel engine for unmanned aircraft.

Aerojet Rocketdyne rotating detonation-engine study takes a big step toward boosting gas turbine efficiency through pressure-gain combustion.

Extra sets electrifying record; transforming UAV launched; DARPA wants swarm tactics; NASA steers sonic booms; hydrogen filling stations for UAVs.