BAE Systems and the Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defenses Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) completed flight test of advanced Manned Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) technology at a Department of Defense flight test range. The technology enables the rapid infusion of new payloads and platforms into the fleet to quickly enhance mission effectiveness and counter adversary technology
Northrop Grumman and Ball Aerospace will design and develop the two mission payloads for the U.S
Lockheed Martin has selected Raytheon Technologies Corporation to provide a second mission payload for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Block 0 missile warning satellite system – also known as NGG. Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman Corporation are each already on contract to provide one mission payload for the three-satellite procurement
Iran has started mass production of Aras-3 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) besides unveiling a number of locally upgraded missile defense systems. The military achievements were showcased on February 13 during a ceremony attended by Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani, a number of other high-ranking military officials and experts from the Defense Industries Organization, Irans state-owned
Elbit Systems announced it will present the Skylark 3 Hybrid Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems (STUAS) for the first time at the Singapore Airshow 2022. The Skylark 3 Hybrid is equipped with a hybrid propulsion system, both an electric and an internal combustion engine, tripling endurance and offering up to 18 hours of operations, with no change to size or weight, significantly increasing mission effectiveness and cost efficiency
The Technodinamika holding, a subsidiary of Rostec received a patent for a "smart" transport parachute system. The system will allow landing cargo in a fully automatic mode with increased accuracy using the GLONASS or GPS system
The Civil Aviation Authority of the State of Israel (CAAI), that operates under the Israeli Ministry of Transport and Road Safety, for the first time certified an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) for civil aviation. The CAAI approved the Hermes Starliner UAS to fly in civilian airspace as any other civilian airplane and not restricting its flight to unsegregated airspace
DARPA Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program has completed the maiden flight of a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter without anyone onboard. Sikorsky completed 30-minutes of unmanned flight with the optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) over the U
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Collins Aerospace has completed demonstration of a ready-now Mission Systems solution to support the operations of Air Launched Effects (ALE) from Army Aviations Enduring and Future Vertical Lift (FVL) fleet. Comprised of an air vehicle, multiple payloads, and a Mission System, these ALE are a crucial piece of the FVL aircrafts ability to extend the organic reach, lethality, and survivability of manned platforms with Operator-on-the-Loop autonomy