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QinetiQ Achieves UK’s First Jet-to-Jet Teaming of an Aircraft and an Autonomous Drone

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QinetiQ has successfully trialled the UK’s first Crewed-Uncrewed-Teaming demonstration between a crewed aircraft and an autonomous jet drone. The trial – which took place in collaboration with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the Royal Navy and the Air and Space Warfare Centre (ASWC) – saw a QinetiQ jet aircraft take off from Ministry […]

GA-ASI Mojave Excels in Yuma Desert Live-Fire Demonstration

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) confirms that its Mojave Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) destroyed static targets in live-fire tests on April 13, 2024, validating the system’s battlefield relevance and recording another milestone for the demonstrator aircraft. GA-ASI partnered with Dillon Aero to mount two of Dillon’s DAP-6 Gun Pod Systems onto the Mojave aircraft. […]

AI-Operated Fighter Jet will Fly US Air Force Secretary in a Test of Military’s Future Drone Warplanes

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The US Air Force is betting a large part of its future air warfare on a fleet more than 1,000 autonomously operated drones, and later this spring its top civilian leader plans to climb into an artificial intelligence-operated warplane and let it take him airborne. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told senators on Tuesday at […]

US Army Tests New Laser Weapon Vehicle DE M-SHORAD in Real Combat Environments in Iraq

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The U.S. Army is evaluating additional 50-kilowatt platforms as it seeks to buy short-range air defense laser weapons, even as its initial four prototypes deploy in U.S. Central Command’s area of operations, a service official told Defense News. Three of the Army’s Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense systems, or DE M-SHORAD, are in Iraq so the […]

Bayraktar TB3 Flies with ASELFLIR-500 Electro-Optical System

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The testing process of the Bayraktar TB3 Armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, which Baykar developed indigenously and originally, continues successfully. The indigenous UAV successfully completed its 25th flight test with the ASELFLIR-500 INDIGENOUS UAV, INDIGENOUS CAMERA The Bayraktar TB3 UAV flew for the first time with the ASELFLIR-500, developed indigenously by Aselsan, during the Medium Altitude […]

Kratos Demonstrates XQ-58A Electronic Warfare Capabilities for US Marine Corps

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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a National Security Solutions provider, announced that Kratos Unmanned Systems Division has successfully demonstrated the ability of the XQ-58A to fly in concert with two F-35 aircraft and the ability to deliver an integrated electronic attack (EA) capability on the XQ-58A Valkyrie aircraft during a live flight test event […]

Kratos and Shield AI Conduct AI-Piloted Flights on the Kratos Tactical Firejet

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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a Technology Company in the Defense, National Security and Global Markets and a provider of high-performance, jet-powered unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and Shield AI, Inc., a defense technology company building an AI pilot, have announced the successful completion of the first phase of Shield’s AI-piloted flight-testing on-board the Kratos […]

Aurora Collaborates with Zurich University on eVTOL Research

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A collaboration between professors at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) School of Engineering and Aurora Swiss Aerospace, a Boeing company, is streamlining the development of EVTOL aircraft. Aurora Swiss Aerospace, located in Lucerne, is a subsidiary of US-based Aurora Flight Sciences. Aurora Swiss first joined forces with ZHAW in September 2023, aiming to […]

Anduril Industries New Loitering Munition Altius 700M Hits All Targets in Successful Test

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Anduril Industries has just released a video  of the first end-to-end live fire test for ALTIUS-700M at Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah in September which demonstrated flawless system performance with direct hits across six missions. Launched from a ground vehicle during the test, the munition displayed remarkable range capabilities, reaching up to 100 miles with a […]

India Successfully Tests VSHORADS Air Defense System Against UAV Targets

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India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) recently conducted a successful flight test of the Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS). The test, which took place on February 28, saw the VSHORADS missile effectively engaging high-speed unmanned aerial targets off the coast of Odisha. The trial, conducted off Odisha’s coast, marked a pivotal moment for […]