ModalAI has released VOXL Flight, an out-of-the-box platform that integrates autonomy and beyond visual line of sight navigation and communications capabilities for drones. It’s also the first open-development platform for autonomous drone navigation that fuses a companion computer with a PX4 ...

Air Force Acquisition. As of Friday, all of the Air Force’s major acquisition programs were expected to proceed on schedule even as the U.S. military has had to adapt to new teleworking environments due to COVID-19, Will Roper, the service’s assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and ...

Philosophical Differences. Nikki Haley resigned from Boeing’s board of directors on March 16, saying she can’t support the company’s request to the federal government for a bailout amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “While I know cash is tight, that is equally true for numerous other industries ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is working through more than 53,000 comments on its proposed approach to remote identification for remote aircraft and hopes to issue a final ruling before the end of the year, according to FAA administrator Stephen Dickson — although that timeline will likely ...

Skyryse is close to certifying FlightOS, part of a broader flight automation technology stack the company is developing that will significantly reduce pilot workload and improve the ability of newly-certified pilots. Skyryse aims to use FlightOS to expand access to safe flight as well as enable ...

DTRA Awards Leidos $34M for BioThreat Work Leidos [LDOS] has received a one-year $34.5 million option from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to provide scientific and technical services in support of the Biological Threat Reduction Program. DTRA says 11 offers were received. Work is expected to ...