The Air Force’s XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aerial vehicle completed its second flight last week and completed all test objectives, the service said June 17. The 71-minute flight took place June 11 at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, according to an Air Force Research Laboratory (ARFL) statement. The ...
Unmanned Systems
PARIS AIR SHOW—Collins Aerospace [UTX] and Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky [LMT] are highlighting an advanced fly-by-wire retrofit kit to allow autonomous flight in medium and heavy helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. “Well over 1,000″ legacy military and commercial medium and ...
AeroVironment [AVAV] on Tuesday said it has acquired Pulse Aerospace, LLC for $25.7 million in cash, adding a product line of small vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) products to its existing suite of hand-launched fixed-wing UAS systems. AeroVironment said the deal ...
The Army has detailed plans for the medium variation of its robotic vehicle program, intended to provide direct fires capability, which will include up to two prototype deals for vendors to each deliver four test platforms. Officials notified industry on Friday that a white papers request for the ...
BAE Systems, Inc. on Monday said it has acquired a small company that specializes in small unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), boosting its capabilities in autonomous systems. Terms of the asset purchase of Massachusetts-based Riptide Autonomous Solutions were not disclosed. The company has 17 ...
The FAA updated the Federal Register with new guidelines for recreational drone use on Friday, bringing the standards more in line with commercial flight and priming the UAS climate for coming remote ID rules. Largely pursuant to the 2018 FAA Reauthorization Act, there are eight statutory ...
