While China continues its aggressive posturing against the island state of Taiwan, the latter is focused on bolstering its military capability. In a technological breakthrough, its indigenously developed drone ‘Teng Yun 2’, pitched as Taiwan’s MQ-9 Reaper UAV and looking quite similar to the US counterpart, has achieved a new …
Read More »U.S. To Equip MQ-9 Reaper Drones With Artificial Intelligenc…
The Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has awarded a $93.3 million contract to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI), makers of the MQ-9 Reaper, to equip the drone with new AI technology. The aim is for the Reaper to be able to carry out autonomous flight, decide where to direct …
Read More »US Defence Companies Lining Up to Replace MQ-9 Reaper Drone
On 3 June, the US Air Force issued a request for information to industry, to conduct market research on available technologies as well as conceptual designs for a new drone. Several US defence companies have lined up to present their concepts of a new stealthy drone amid the US Air …
Read More »General Atomics Demos SRC Computing Tech on MQ-9 Remotely Pi…
MQ-9 SRC helped General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business integrate and test an embedded computing architecture with an MQ-9 Reaper drone as part of an Air Force Research Laboratory effort to facilitate autonomous missions. The Agile Condor Pod, which flew on the remotely piloted aircraft for a demonstration at the General Atomics-managed Flight Test and Training Center …
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