Following a successful first flight in April, the US’s Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao has announced that the MQ-25A Stingray autonomous air refueller has received Milestone C approval to move into Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP). The milestone marks…
US prime contractor Boeing and the US Navy have successfully completed the first test flight of an operational MQ-25A Stingray™ autonomous aerial refueller. The milestone brings the Stingray closer to aircraft carrier operations and marks the beginning of a new…
US defence company Leidos has unveiled Sea Dagger, an autonomous next-generation Commando Insertion Craft (CIC) concept developed for the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. The first craft of its size to combine speed, range, vehicle delivery and modular mission systems…
Brisbane-based Boeing Defence Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have successfully completed demonstrations proving the operational viability of the MQ-28A Ghost Bat autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). The tests were completed four and a half months ahead of…
US prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation has unveiled Beacon, its next-generation testbed ecosystem designed to rapidly develop and deliver new autonomous mission capabilities. Based on the Scaled Composites Model 437 Vanguard optionally manned aircraft, Beacon provides an integrated environment that…
The UK Ministry of Defence has declared operational its first-of-a-kind StormShroud autonomous Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS), based on lessons learned in Ukraine. The UK MoD says StormShroud will fly alongside crewed aircraft in frontline missions to knock out or blind…
The US Defense Advanced research Projects Agency, DARPA, has down-selected six companies from the original nine contenders who will advanced to the next stage of its ANCILLARY program. Phase 1b of ANCILLARY, which stands for AdvaNced aircraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And…
Australia and Japan have signed an agreement to enhance strategic capabilities in robotic and autonomous systems for undersea warfare. The research project between Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) and Japan’s Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA) is the first…
The Australian Army has confirmed it fired live weapons mounted on an autonomous M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) as part of a Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) demonstration coordinated by its Robotic and Autonomous Systems Implementation & Coordination Office (RICO).The demonstration, which…
The French Ministry of Defence’s Direction Générale De l’Armement (DGA) has awarded maritime autonomy specialist Exail a €0.5 million contract as part of the future hydrographic and oceanographic capability (CHOF) program for the French Navy. The contract will see Exail…