San Diego-based Shield AI has delivered its first ViDAR (Visual Detection and Ranging) sensor payloads to NAVAIR’s Program Office for the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (PMA-263). The sensors and their AI-enabled software, which are designed…
The US Navy’s Director of Operational test & Evaluation (DOT&E) has confirmed in his annual report that the US Navy destroyer, USS Preble, successfully demonstrated a High Energy Laser (HEL), in a trial against an Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) during…
Lockheed Martin has successfully integrated its S-band AN/TPQ-53 Multi-Mission Radar (MMR) with Anduril Industries' Lattice Command and Control (C2) environment to detect and track Uncrewed Air Vehicles (UAVs). The Q-53 MMR, which has a reported maximum range of around 60km,…
Lockheed Martin and Altera, an Intel Company, have completed a successful flight demonstration of the former’s 12th Generation Electronic Warfare (Gen12) transceiver utilizing Altera’s Agilex™ 9 Direct RF FPGA (Multi-Chip Package, MCP-2). The project, coined SWIFT (SHIP-enabled Wideband Transceiver Integrated Flight…
Brisbane-based Black Sky Aerospace has rebranded as a defence and technology company, Black Sky Industries. It aims to greatly accelerate the production capability of sovereign scaled rocket motor and defence systems. The company is Australia’s only sovereign developer and supplier…
San Diego-based Shield AI, Inc. will acquire Melbourne AI company Sentient Vision Systems, a leader in AI-enabled real-time situational awareness, pending customary closing conditions and regulatory approval. The companies will merge AI expertise and operational understanding to deliver superior Intelligence…
San Diego-based Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has successfully demonstrated the ability of its XQ-58A Valkyrie Uncrewed Air Vehicle (UAV) to fly in concert with two F-35 aircraft. They have also demonstrated the ability to deliver an integrated electronic…
The US Army has announced it will discontinue development of the Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA – essentially a very high-tech OH-58 Kiowa helicopter replacement) at the conclusion of prototyping activities later this year. It will also phase out…
San Diego-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) have demonstrated key elements of AFSOC’s Adaptive Airborne Enterprise (A2E) concept. The first demonstration, in December 2023, featured the simultaneous control of three…
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has successfully demonstrated an inflight release of its Advanced Air-Launched Effects (A2LE) platform, releasing an A2LE from the internal weapons bay of a GA-ASI MQ-20 Avenger® Uncrewed Air Vehicle (UAV). GA-ASI’s design and engineering…