Vigilant Aerospace Systems, Inc., a provider of multi-sensor detect-and-avoid safety systems for uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and advanced air mobility (AAM), announced that it has been awarded a contract by the US Air Force to develop a detect-and-avoid system for the Air Force’s new long-endurance drone. According to the published …
Read More »USAF, DOD Working on New Target Drones to Simulate 5th-Gen T…
The Department of Defense and the Army last month revived a dormant effort to build a target drone that can mimic cutting-edge adversary aircraft—and perhaps breathe new life into the Air Force’s plans for a “Next Generation Aerial Target.” Army Contracting Command and DOD’s Test Resources Management Center announced a …
Read More »USAF awards Black Sage Tech $900M contract for UAS developme…
Black Sage Technologies, a leading provider of layered counter unmanned aircraft system (CUAS) solutions, was awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for the development of innovative approaches that bring multi-domain systems capabilities, the characterization of new technologies and systems through studies, recurrent demonstration, and rapid development to enable rapid prototyping, test, …
Read More »USAF plans more tests of drone-fighter plane collaborations
Despite disappointment in December, new tests of the “Golden Horde” weapons system of swarming drones will begin in February, the U.S. Air Force said. An element of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Vanguard project, the system involves unmanned aerial vehicles, working as a group to communicate, choose targets and then …
Read More »USAF Research Lab looks for Skyborg prototype drone
The US Air Force’s artificial intelligence Skyborg programme is working on fielding an unmanned combat air vehicle (UAV) testing platform with an early operational capability as soon as 2023. The office of Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation, which is part of the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), issued a …
Read More »USAF Research Lab looks for Skyborg prototype drone
The US Air Force’s artificial intelligence Skyborg programme is working on fielding an unmanned combat air vehicle (UAV) testing platform with an early operational capability as soon as 2023. The office of Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation, which is part of the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), issued a …
Read More »USAF Research Lab looks for Skyborg prototype drone
The US Air Force’s artificial intelligence Skyborg programme is working on fielding an unmanned combat air vehicle (UAV) testing platform with an early operational capability as soon as 2023. The office of Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation, which is part of the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), issued a …
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