The US Navy has awarded four companies contracts of undisclosed value to design and develop armed Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCAs). A fifth company has won a contract, also of undisclosed value, to build a common control system. No in-service date…
US firm BAE Systems Information and Electronic Warfare Systems has won a US$1.74 billion ($2.6 billion) contract from US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to build 55,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS) 70mm rockets. The APKWS will be…
Orlando, Florida-based Red 6 has win a contract of undisclosed value from the US Air Force to integrate its ATARS (Airborne Tactical Augmented Reality System) into the F-16 Fighting Falcon, commonly known as the Viper. The virtual reality systems is…
Sikorsky and CAE are collaborating with the US Navy and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) to integrate, test and optimize the CAE Magnetic Anomaly Detection-Extended Role (MAD-XR) system for installation aboard the two countries’ MH-60R Seahawk helicopters. Designed and built by CAE…
The Australian-made and designed autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), the MQ-28A Ghost Bat, has achieved a major capability milestone. In a capability demonstration at Woomera a single operator aboard an airborne E-7A Wedgetail took control of two Ghost Bat aircraft…
The US Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) is boosting its testing capabilities with a new UAS experimentation system at Naval Air Station Patuxent River’s Webster Outlying Field. Designed to accelerate unmanned aviation development, the Tethered Unmanned Aerial…
The US Office of Naval Research - Global (ONRG) is seeking proposals for its new Global Innovation Joint Challenge: AI for Advancing Maritime Security. ONRG is seeking proposals that define challenging and realistic maritime scene perception scenarios represented by real-world…
Virginia-based Leidos has announced a new Uncrewed Undersea Vessel (UUV), Sea Dart. This is a high-performance, low-cost, flexible and adaptable UUV designed to support the US Navy and commercial customers across a broad range of missions, the company says. “For…
Californian company Anduril Industries has conducted two successful live fire tests of its 21-inch hypersonic rocket motor for the US Navy's Standard Missile Program. This rapid and iterative design phase, which was completed in close collaboration with the Navy, positions…
Diversified US industrial giant Honeywell has been awarded a contract of undisclosed value by the BlueForge Alliance to deliver the AUKUS Submarine Industrial Base (SIB) pilot program in Australia. For this program Honeywell says it will establish an enhanced security…