UAS

Airbus wants to extend battlefield connectivity of the Future Combat Air System to its helicopters.

Commercial electronics producers, including those in East Asia, could be vital to the U.S. war effort.

Fan-in-wing VTOL airlifter; Electrifying the C-130; Hover record goal for LH2 drone; Fly-drive logistics eVTOL.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Anduril advertises the Bolt-M’s autonomous abilities as the next evolution in first-person view loitering munition quadcopters used in Ukraine.

The €13.7 million ($14.9 million) project is being led by Thales and also includes Airbus Helicopters, Leonardo Helicopters and Spain’s Indra.

Latvia says it has adjusted its air surveillance equipment and shortened decision-making processes to respond to “hybrid threats” emanating from Moscow.

The nearly $250 million order follows a deployment of the Roadrunner-M last January for an operational evaluation.

France is pressing ahead with efforts to field an enhanced standard of its Rafale multi-role fighter and pair it with an uncrewed combat aerial vehicle (UCAV).

While artificial intelligence can improve tasks, it cannot take on direct responsibility from people certified by regulatory agencies.

Next steps for wake surfing; measuring e-SAF emissions; solar stratospheric UAS upgrade; and uncrewed medical eVTOL.

The MOU was signed during a trip to Taiwan this week by an Oklahoma delegation led by Gov. Kevin Stitt.

A multitude of autonomous flying vehicles sharing airspace with crewed aircraft over a battlefield raises concerns about safety.

The Ultra 2XL is a 3,000-lb. gross-weight coaxial-rotor uncrewed helicopter, powered by a Rolls-Royce RR300 turboshaft engine.

The document, DO-406, clears the way for manufacturers to produce avionics using AURA Network Systems’ 450-MHz spectrum.

Autonomy is coming to commercial aviation. Its first stop: the Cessna Caravan.

Although short of the seven-day flight hoped for, Skydweller says it demonstrated feasibility of staying airborne for months on solar power and batteries.

Advanced air mobility (AAM) could have a transformational impact on the lives of disabled people if accessibility is “baked in.”

The Replicator 2 plan will be submitted with the fiscal 2026 budget request.

Aurora’s Liberty Lifter; stratospheric HAPS; Radian’s subscale spaceplane; and GAC plans winged eVTOL air taxi.

The budget reprogrammings allow the Army to start buying several new capabilities.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is eager to position the Sooner State as a high-tech manufacturing hub.

Flight tests of the CLS-300 are planned for the second half of 2025.

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago, Kyiv has relied on a steady pace of innovation in the use of UAS and other tech to fight back.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.