Trend: Autonomy & AI

General Atomics-BAE Systems Aim to Demonstrate Autonomous EW for CCA

General Atomics‘ Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) subsidiary and BAE Systems said that they are teaming to demonstrate autonomous electronic warfare (EW) systems that the companies believe could one day go […]

Honeywell Partners with Near Earth Autonomy In Autonomous Rotorcraft Competitions

Avionics supplier Honeywell on Monday announced the start of an investment and collaboration agreement with autonomy provider Near Earth Autonomy to bid on for autonomous rotorcraft. Honeywell said the initial […]

Leonardo’s BriteStorm May Be Future CCA Payload

The U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program may be a fit for a five and a half pound BriteStorm stand-in jammer that Leonardo said that it is developing to […]

Honeywell, Merlin Partner On Autonomous Flight Technology

Honeywell, a supplier of avionics systems, and Merlin, a small company developing software for autonomous military aviation, have partnered to bring more autonomy to military and commercial aircraft. The initial […]

Anduril Adds To Autonomous UAS Portfolio With Bolt VTOL Family

Maintaining a steady drumbeat of new product releases, Anduril Industries on Thursday unveiled its Bolt family of small, man-packable autonomous air vehicles that include surveillance and munition variants, which the […]

Northrop Grumman Demonstrates MQ-4C Navigation In Arctic Circle – Sept. 20

Northrop Grumman on Thursday announced it demonstrated the ability of a navigation system used by a MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle to operate at high latitudes within the Arctic Circle. […]

The Nexus of Avionics, Artificial Intelligence, and Aircraft Values

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) As AI systems enhance the operational performance of aircraft, demand for such planes is surging, driving up base values and lease rates. […]

U.S. Air Force Trials Autonomous Flights with Joby, Reliable Robotics – AIN, Aug. 26

Joby and Reliable Robotics demonstrated military uses for their remotely piloted Cessna Grand Caravans during the Air Force Agile Flag 24-3 exercise in early August, AIN reported. The service’s Afwerx […]

DIU Solicits To Refresh Blue UAS Roster

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Monday released a solicitation for an upcoming prize challenge for vendors to potentially have their unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and related capabilities added to […]

Boeing Expanding Effort To Autonomously Inspect Aircraft – July 28

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Using small third-party drones for high-resolution imaging and its own artificial intelligence-based software algorithms, Boeing is expanding an effort to speed the inspection of military aircraft exteriors and increase […]