Lockheed Martin [LMT] is to integrate the Raytheon [RTN] Next-Generation Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (DAS) into all F-35 variants over the next two years under a nearly $99 million contract announced by the Pentagon on Dec. 30. The system is to provide “360-degree situational ...
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The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is “eagerly anticipating” the fourth flight test of the Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie stealth unmanned aircraft system (UAS) “in the near future,” AFRL spokesman Bryan Ripple told Defense Daily on Jan. 10. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has ...
An upcoming United States Air Force research challenge may help the certification of air taxis by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a top Air Force official said last week. “One thing that’s blowing minds in the Air Force is we’re starting a program around flying cars,& ...
The United States Air Force plans to choose on Dec. 13 which satellite it will offer to a service-selected group of hackers to try to infiltrate at next August’s Defcon 2020 conference in Las Vegas, an Air Force official said on Dec. 11. Indeed, hackers are to be part of Air Force efforts to ...
Defense authorizers in the House and Senate are directing increased oversight of the F-35 Block 4 and Continuous Capability Development and Delivery (C2D2) program. The oversight requires the secretary of defense “to submit annually to the congressional defense committees an integrated master ...
$1 Billion Market for North American Drones Opens Due to Government Restrictions, Draganfly CEO Says
U.S. government restrictions on foreign drones have opened up a $1 billion market for North American manufacturers, according to the CEO of Saskatchewan-based Draganfly Inc. On Oct. 30, the Department of the Interior grounded its fleet of 810 drones. Of the latter, 121 are DJI drones, 665 are ...
