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Lockheed Martin Uses 5th Gen Fighter to Command Drone in Flight

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– Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, with industry partners and the U.S. Air Force, controlled an unmanned aerial system (UAS) from the cockpit of a 5th Gen fighter while in flight. During the flight out of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, an F-22 Raptor pilot successfully used an open interface in the cockpit to send control […]

GA-ASI Completes Full-Scale Fatigue Test on MQ-9B

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On October 31, 2025, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.  completed its “third lifetime” of full-scale fatigue (FSF) testing for the MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). Completion of FSF testing for the third and final lifetime includes a total of 120,000 operating hours (40,000+ flight hours per aircraft life) for the RPA and is a key […]

UAV Navigation Enables Synchronized Autonomous Flights in Spanish M-UMT Trials

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The Spanish consortium SATNUS, formed by GMV, Sener and Tecnobit-Grupo Oesía, has recently completed the third flight test campaign of the FCAS/NGWS program, successfully validating the Manned-Unmanned Teaming & Common Systems Demonstrator (MCSD), a platform based on a modified target drone. The campaign included solo flights of the platform, as well as coordinated missions involving […]

US Army Trials Long‑Endurance Tethered Drone with EW Pod

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A tethered unmanned aircraft system (UAS) by TCOM was field-tested during the U.S. Army’s first armored “Transforming in Contact” (TiC) 2.0 combat training center rotation at the National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, on November 3, 2025. The deployment, using the Mastodon Beast+ ground system, was part of Rotation 26‑02 and aimed to evaluate emerging […]

GA-ASI Lockheed Martin and L3Harris Collaborate on Manned-Unnanned Teaming Flight Test

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On October 21, 2025, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. , Lockheed Martin, and L3Harris Technologies collaborated on a flight test that successfully demonstrated Manned-Unmanned Teaming using an F-22 Raptor fighter jet and a GA-ASI MQ-20 Avenger unmanned jet. The effort integrated L3Harris’ BANSHEE Advanced Tactical Datalinks with its Pantera software-defined radios (SDRs) via Lockheed Martin’s […]

China’s Stealthy GJ-11 ‘Mysterious Dragon’ Appears on TV

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On November 11, 2025, China marked the 76th anniversary of its air force with the release of a short film titled “Far-Reaching Dreams” showing for the first time its GJ-11 Sharp Sword stealth drone (now renamed Dark Dragon) flying in formation with the J-20 fighter jet and J-16D electronic warfare aircraft. The footage begins with […]

Korea’s UI Helicopter Successfully Demonstrates Schiebel S-100 UAV Mine Detection Capabilities in South Sea

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– UI Helicopter, Korea’s only comprehensive rotary-wing aircraft MRO and service specialist, announced the successful completion of mine detection demonstrations using the Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 unmanned helicopter in the South Sea from Oct. 23, in collaboration with the Republic of Korea Navy. The demonstration proceeded despite adverse weather conditions with strong winds and rain, with […]

US Army Tests Bullfrog Counter-Drone Turret on Abrams Tank and Bradley IFV for Combat Defense.

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The US Army is testing Allen Control Systems’ Bullfrog counter-drone weapon station on Abrams tanks and Bradley IFVs. The move reflects an urgent push to give frontline armor its own defence against the fast-evolving drone threat seen in Ukraine and the Middle East. On 30 October 2025, Allen Control Systems announced on X that the […]

Helsinki Pilots Healthcare Supply Deliveries by Drone

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The City of Helsinki is piloting drone transports for healthcare supplies on an approximately seven-kilometer route from Kyläsaari to the Laajasalo healthcare station in the beginning of November 2025. Kyläsaari is located about 4 kilometres from the Helsinki city centre and Laajasalo is a large island east of the city. The distance between Kyläsaari and […]

Anduril’s YFQ-44A CCA Makes First Flight Semi-Autonomously

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– Anduril Industries’ YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft took to the sky Oct. 31, the Air Force announced. The service also confirmed that a production decision on the CCA program is still expected in fiscal 2026, despite the ongoing government shutdown. In a release announcing the first flight, the Air Force did not release much detail […]