UAS

By Graham Warwick
The Texas A&M University System has been selected to establish a federal research center to integrate drones and air taxis into the national airspace system.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
A new fleet of small, hydrogen-powered, long-range drones could soon become a feasible option to operate from remote, austere bases.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Near Earth Autonomy is to provide a miniaturized autonomy system to support the demonstration of autonomous resupply in contested environments.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Taiwan’s AVIX and India’s Optiemus Unmanned Systems will collaborate on the production of drone components for defense applications in the subcontinent.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Raytheon and Tawazun Council moved closer to realizing a two-year-old plan to assemble the Coyote uncrewed aircraft system in the UAE.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s second-ever Carrier Strike Group with Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers has set sail for the Asia-Pacific region.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Edge Group is seeking to win business for its HT-100 uncrewed helicopter system in Brazil.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Another Chinese eVTOL flies; artificial intelligence beats human in drone race; detonation-powered hypersonics.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Baykar has successfully flown a Bayraktar TB2 uncrewed aircraft system with an internally developed piston engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Scout AI has raised $15 million to further develop its vision-language-action artificial intelligence model.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Ben Goldstein
Skyports Drone Services has acquired Australian startup Redbird Aero.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
A radio frequency directed energy weapon demo has proved it can counter drone swarms, UK trials show.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Matthew Fulco
Taiwan’s state-backed drone industry alliance is expeditiously decoupling from China-based supply chains, Chairman Hu Kai-Hung tells Aviation Week.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Italy’s ELT Group has unveiled a new modular electromagnetically silent anti-drone system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The UK defense ministry has launched a search to find a replacement for the British army’s Thales Watchkeeper uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Taiwanese drone manufacturer Thunder Tiger braced itself for a painful impact when Trump imposed a 32% tariff on most imports from the island.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
India’s defense development agency demonstrated an indigenous, land-based, high-energy laser in a live shoot-down event of a fixed-wing drone on April 13.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Ben Goldstein
Whisper Aero is focused on designing and manufacturing ultra-quiet electric ducted fans for use in drones, eVTOLs and electric regional aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
Both Boeing and the Navy need the Stingray’s success as the service looks to expand its uncrewed fleet on carriers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Israeli loitering munition developer UVision has acquired competitor Trim Robotics, expanding its portfolio offering.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
First hydrogen helicopter, flying quiet electric ducted fans, UK funds AAM enablers, and Rotax engine runs on hydrogen.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
The first test of the L3Harris platform-agnostic mobile counter-drone system will be conducted later this year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Regulators in Singapore and 23 other Asia-Pacific countries have drafted a paper to facilitate the adoption of advanced air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Poseidon is flying its subscale model, which the company plans to launch as its first product.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Survey Copter has unveiled a vertical takeoff and landing version of its Aliaca tactical platform.
Aircraft & Propulsion