Electrification and SustainabilityVolansi and Roper Pledge to Use Roper’s Ideas on Commercial/Military Integration, Not His Access While the U.S. Air Force awarded Concord, Calif.-based drone maker, Volansi a contract last December to participate in the service’s prototype effort for the Skyborg low-cost attritable demonstrator–a project worth up to $400 million,…
Air TaxiDespite COVID-19, eVTOL Avionics Development Forges Ahead While the COVID-19 pandemic has put a crimp in aviation worldwide, avionics development for future electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) applications has forged ahead. “Most of our engineers are currently working…
AI & AutonomyAir Force Research Lab to Test Multiple Skyborg Prototypes This Year Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Commander Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle and Air Force program executive officer for aircraft and advanced weapons Brig. Gen. Dale White are leading an effort this year to…
MilitaryUS Air Force Testing Dialable Effects Munition This Year The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is conducting a Joint Concept Technology Demonstration (JCTD) with the Navy on an AFRL-developed Dialable Effects Munition (DEM) that would allow pilots to dial up or…
MilitaryRoper: F-35 Program at an ‘Inflection Point,’ as Air Force Looks to Reduce Flying Hour Cost to Bank for Future Systems The program for the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter, managed by the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, is at an “inflection point” in which the program…
AI & AutonomyU-2 Flies with Booz Allen Hamilton Artificial Intelligence Algorithm A Lockheed Martin U-2 Dragon reconnaissance aircraft used an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm by Booz Allen Hamilton in flight on Dec. 15, the company said Jan. 6. The flight came in support of the 9th…
AI & AutonomyArtificial Intelligence Used as Co-Pilot for Autonomous U.S. Air Force U-2 Spy Plane Flight In what the U.S. Air Force said was the first time artificial intelligence (AI) has commanded a military system, an AI algorithm helped to steer the radar of a Lockheed Martin U-2…
MilitaryDevelopment of Open Mission Systems Computer for U-2 Continues with Latest Kubernetes Demonstration Last month, Lockheed Martin demonstrated distributed processing using Kubernetes aboard the U.S. Air Force U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, as the company continues to develop a U-2 Open Mission Systems (OMS) computer, the company said…