What do you get when combining Lockheed’s Indago quadcopter, fixed-wing Desert Hawk and optionally piloted K-Max with Sikorsky’s SARA autonomous helicopter?

Automation is reaching the point that it may be possible for artificial intelligence and robotics to take much of the routine workload of cockpit crews—and “remember” things no humans could in an emergency. Is this the future?

The A&D industry is facing tough challenges with their future workforce, as new generations of workers demand new work environments and collaboration tools. It’s therefore becoming increasingly important for businesses to provide the right collaboration tools and to obtain the right information to shorten their learning curve.

The Trump administration’s stance toward Russia, uncertain Pentagon allocations and geopolitical surpise could roil the U.S. defense industry in 2017.

The company has formed the Commercial Information Solutions business unit and launched the Quantix, a tailsitting drone that takes off and lands vertically but transitions to wingborne forward flight for increased efficiency and range.

CFM assembly sites are preparing for an unprecedented production increase as Leap engine rates rise.

Fly/drive drone launched; Unmanned resupply advanced; UTM’s out-of-sight demo; C-Astral goes solar-powered; Aerotenna’s radar avoids obstacles.

Air-to-air collision-avoidance radar barely larger than an iPhone can be carried by a drone and detect Cessna-sized intruders.