UAS

By Garrett Reim
PteroDynamics' X-P4 prototype flew nine autonomous launch and recovery demonstrations from the deck of the expeditionary fast transport ship at a Navy event.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Reliable Robotics plans to use radar as the basis for its detect-and-avoid system for uncrewed aircraft flying in the National Airspace.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The Bayraktar TB3 Siha, featuring foldable wings and twice the 700-kg maximum takeoff weight of the TB2, took off at 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 27.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Shield Capital—which was founded in 2021 and invests in areas such as AI, space, autonomy and cyber security—says it has raised $186 million for the fund.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
The city-state’s air force and army participated in Exercise Forging Saber with novel artificial intelligence systems to maintain a strategic edge.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Additional L3Harris counter-uncrewed aircraft systems are expected to be in Ukraine by year’s end.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Turkish uncrewed aircraft systems developer Baykar has begun initial ground tests of its latest platform, the Bayraktar TB3.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The F124 powered the Boeing X-45A uncrewed combat aircraft system demonstrator in the early 2000, and now will be offered for Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
More AIM-9M Sidewinders are on the way to Ukraine to further bolster air defenses.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force has re-formed a squadron to fly the General Atomics Protector uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
An MQ-20 Avenger uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) has taken a small step on a flight test path to an inflight recovery of another small UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
Haili Liu lives in Richmond, Virginia, but established Hydrogen Craft Ltd. in his native China in 2017.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Helen Chachaty
Ukraine’s Antonov could be granted licensed production of the French-developed Aarok medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Turkish government has called for a more effective deconfliction mechanism for air operations over Syria after a U.S. combat aircraft shot down a UAS.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The incident highlights the dangers of fighting in Northern Syria, where Syrian rebels and American forces are fighting ISIS amidst broader regional conflicts.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Kratos' newly acquired 5GAT platform could also be developed to perform a "wide range of other applications," along with new configurations of the XQ-58.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
The UK is moving toward an outcomes-based approach in regulating remotely piloted aircraft systems and the advanced air mobility sector.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Pyka’s Pelican Cargo autonomous electric heavy-payload aircraft has flown in the UK for the first time.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has begun flying its S4 tiltprop electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft with a pilot on board.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Australia’s V-Star Powered Lift Aviation and radiopharmaceutical supplier Cyclotek have signed an agreement to trial the use of long-range uncrewed aircraft to deliver time-sensitive medical tracers to regional imaging centers.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Acquire thousands of cheap drones within a few years by empowering combatant commands and defense-wide agencies, Anduril's Chris Brose says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Angus Batey
Insurance is vital for any business to obtain, but convincing an insurer to take a risk on an unprecedented product may be trickier than inventing new tech.
NBAA

By Steve Trimble
The request for information published on Sept. 29 by the Air Force tells industry to assume a CCA program will be launched in the first quarter of fiscal 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Marines awarded a contract to a Malloy-Survice Engineering team in April to deliver 189 Tactical Resupply UAS.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Steve Trimble
The first uncrewed aircraft system to operate from an aircraft carrier is two years behind schedule due to design, production and supplier management problems.
Multi-Mission Aircraft