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…
AI & AutonomyAevum's Ravn X Drone to Offer Rapid Launches to Low-Earth Orbit Alabama-based Aevum Inc.'s Ravn X drone plans to offer the U.S. Space Force and other customers launches to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) within three hours of tasking. The 80-foot, 55,000-pound drone with a…
Commercial2021 Paris Air Show Canceled Due to COVID-19 Concerns The board of directors of the Paris Air Show and the French Aerospace Industries Association (GIFAS) have canceled the scheduled June 21-27, 2021 event due to COVID-19 concerns, the organizations said on…
Artificial IntelligencePentagon Needs to Establish 'Internet of Military Things,' Air Force Acquisition Chief Says Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper said on Dec. 7 that a crisis will likely force the Pentagon to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) and ways to involve commercial start-up innovators in scaling…