Robot Fighter Jets Hit Major Milestones
Global Aviation Round-Up from Aircraft Value Intelligence (AVN)Pictured is a BAE Systems depiction of Brontanax Collaborative Combat Aircraft.Editor’s Note: To ...
Tag: unmanned aircraft
Anduril, Archer Developing Collaborative, Autonomous Tiltrotor Aircraft To Enable Maneuver Warfare
Image of Anduril’s future Thunder Group 5 autonomous tiltrotor attack aircraft. (Image: Anduril Industries)Anduril Industries and Archer Aviation are developing a large hybrid-electric ...
Degree Of Survivability Key Question For DIU/USAF MMA Program
The degree of survivability for future massed modular aircraft (MMA) is a key question for the program.This month, the Defense ...
Video Q&A: New Drone Tech, Explained by a Top Expert
Global Aviation Round-Up from Aircraft Value Intelligence (AVN)James McDanolds, Director of Uncrewed Technology Programs at the Sonoran Desert Institute. (Photo: ...
Ukraine And European Union Discussing Drone Deal, As Kamikaze Drones Hit Russian Supply Lines
Pictured is a photo of a May 8 posting by the Ukrainian National Guard’s First Azov Corps of a Hornet ...
The Drone Arms Race Accelerates
Global Aviation Round-Up from Aircraft Value Intelligence (AVN)X10D small drone is on DIU’s Blue UAS Cleared List. (Photo: Skydio)Editor’s Note: ...
More Than 20 Companies In The Running For CCA, Increment 2, Air Force Says
Pictured is a U.S. Air Force photo of an Anduril Industries YFQ-44A flying over Edwards AFB, Calif. during a test ...
Mach Industries Wins DIU Contract For Runway-Independent Navy Drones
A rendering of the Mach Industries Atlas UAS for the Defense Innovation Unit and Navy Runway Independent Maritime Expeditionary Strike ...
MacGyver, Squishy Tech, YGGY Aviation Among Invitees For DARPA Lift Challenge
Graphic representation of DARPA’s Lift Challenge. (Image: DARPA, Alan Clarke)The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on June 8 announced ...
Low Radar Cross Section Of MQ-28 Ghost Bat Validated, Boeing Says
An MQ-28 Ghost Bat, which Boeing said recently made three operational flights over the Pacific Ocean. (Photo: U.S. Navy)Boeing said ...
DIU Awards $159 Million For Hermeus To Demonstrate High-Mach Flight And Payload Release
Flight of Hermeus’ Mk 2.1 unmanned jet in May 2026. The aircraft achieved supersonic speeds. (Photo: Hermeus)Hermeus on May 28 ...
Hermeus’ Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 Aircraft Goes Supersonic In First For Unmanned Flight
Flight of Hermeus’ Mk 2.1 unmanned jet in May 2026. The aircraft achieved supersonic speeds. (Photo: Hermeus)Less than three months ...
MQ-25 Okayed For Production With Milestone C Approval
The Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray first carrier-based unmanned tanker takes its first flight on April 25, 2026 at Boeing’s facility at ...
Redwire Says Awarded Large Drone Contract From NATO Ally
Redwire’s Penguin Mk3 Group 3 vertical takeoff and landing drone. (Photo: Redwire)Redwire Corp. on Tuesday said it received a multi-year, multi-million ...
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