Frank Wolfe, Author at Avionics International

Editor's Note

DARPA to Re-Use Air-to-Air Combat Trial Algorithms for ISR, EW

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to re-use algorithms employed in the recent AlphaDogfightTrial (ADT) for research on artificial intelligence-enabled intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); electronic warfare (EW); decision-making; and…

Editor's Note

SpaceX Undertakes Review of Systems, Including Avionics, for Assured Launch

SpaceX is undertaking a system-wide review of Falcon 9 rocket to help ensure that the company can meet its goal of assured, more affordable access to space. The review came after an…

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Raytheon Develops New Mobile Air Traffic Control for Military, Humanitarian Use

Air traffic control (ATC) challenges may abound in remote regions and areas hit by disasters. To address this problem, Raytheon is pitching its Deployable ATC Automation and Communications System (DAACS). Mobile ATC…

Editor's Note

NASA Mission to Examine Binary Asteroids Fits With Wider, "Responsive Space" Vision

As the nascent U.S. Space Force envisions a "responsive space" future in which the newest military service is able to launch low-cost rockets carrying small satellites and cube satellites, NASA is getting…

Embedded Avionics

Boeing Negotiating Potential KC-46 Communications Upgrade

The U.S. Air Force and Boeing are negotiating the terms of a contract for Pegasus Combat Capability (PC2) Block I for the company’s KC-46 Pegasus air refueler–a contract which could come in the first…

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Testing Begins for Condor Pod to Enable AI-Powered MQ-9 Reaper Targeting

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Agile Condor wide area surveillance pod is to undergo classified testing over the next year after a recent flight on the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems,…

AI & Autonomy

Autonomous ISR Assets Likely A Big Defense Growth Area

Autonomous intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) assets that employ edge computing capabilities look to be a significant growth area for defense aerospace companies. "Business case-wise, what we're seeing, our biggest uptake is…

Editor's Note

Pentagon Building Foundation for Al-Enabled Unmanned Systems in Future Conflicts

The U.S. military may in the next decade develop a concept of operations to employ artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML)-enabled drones as a first wave in future conflicts, in order to avoid casualties…

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Editor's Note

DARPA to Re-Use Air-to-Air Combat Trial Algorithms for ISR, EW

Editor's Note

SpaceX Undertakes Review of Systems, Including Avionics, for Assured Launch

Editor's Note

Raytheon Develops New Mobile Air Traffic Control for Military, Humanitarian Use

Editor's Note

NASA Mission to Examine Binary Asteroids Fits With Wider, "Responsive Space" Vision

Embedded Avionics

Boeing Negotiating Potential KC-46 Communications Upgrade

Editor's Note

Testing Begins for Condor Pod to Enable AI-Powered MQ-9 Reaper Targeting

AI & Autonomy

Autonomous ISR Assets Likely A Big Defense Growth Area

Editor's Note

Pentagon Building Foundation for Al-Enabled Unmanned Systems in Future Conflicts