Tiny Drone Gets AI Eyes to Navigate Autonomously
An autonomous navigation system for small, light drones inspired by insects combines visual homing (using visual cues for orientation) with odometry (measuring distance in...
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Autonomous Combat Drone Responds to Pilot Commands in Real-Time Flight Test
In a recent demonstration that signals a turning point in air combat technology, a manned fighter jet successfully controlled an unmanned combat drone during...
This Metal Can Let Aircraft Wings Change Shape in Mid-Flight
Aircraft designers have long pursued wings that can adapt to changing flight conditions. Fixed surfaces are always a compromise: a wing shape optimized for...
The Hypersonic Vehicle Built Almost Entirely by Printer
Developing vehicles that can travel at hypersonic speeds—Mach 5 and above—poses extreme engineering challenges. At such velocities, airframes are subjected to intense vibration, aerodynamic...
First Glimpse: Heavy Bomber Seen With Hypersonic Weapon
As hypersonic weapons development accelerates, one of the key challenges has been integration, meaning how to effectively deploy these large, high-speed systems from existing...
This Software Turns Individual Drones Into a Coordinated Swarm
As armed forces deploy growing numbers of unmanned aircraft, managing them efficiently is becoming as important as the drones themselves. Controlling each aircraft individually...
Recovering UASs in Mid-Air is No Science Fiction
UASs mid-air launch and recovery is one of the technologies that interest the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Dynetics has been awarded...
New Truck-Mounted Directed-Energy Weapon System Revealed
The British Army began trials of a new mobile-directed-energy system as part of Project EALING, which employs advanced radio frequency technology to interfere with...
New VTOL Vehicle Sets Benchmark with Successful Flight Tests
On September 6, Piasecki Aircraft Corporation achieved a significant milestone with the first flight of its Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System Demonstration Vehicle (ARES-DV) at...
The AT-6 Wolverine is the Only Light Attack and Interception Aircraft...
As part of the lessons learned by the Israeli Air Force from October 7th, the IAF has identified the need to change the approach...
The Hybrid Rover That Drifts Like a Weed and Navigates Like...
Robots designed for ground exploration often struggle with two conflicting demands: they need to travel long distances efficiently, yet also maneuver through cluttered or...
The Radar Plane That Survived the Budget Axe
Airborne early warning remains one of the most difficult capabilities to replace. Modern air combat depends on long-range detection, tracking, and battle management, yet...
Throttle, Restart, Strike: A New Kind of Hypersonic Missile
As hypersonic weapons move from demonstration programs toward operational deployment, a central challenge has emerged: how to produce them quickly and affordably at scale....
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Modern air-defense systems are becoming increasingly capable of detecting, tracking, and intercepting conventional threats. Cruise missiles can fly low and maneuver around terrain, but...
This Portable System Is Built to Command Future Autonomous Aircraft
Collaborative combat aircraft are being developed to fly alongside crewed fighters, carrying sensors, electronic warfare equipment or weapons while taking on missions that may...
Robotic Arm to Complete its Next Mission
Robots have been used for a long time in factories and in the automotive industry, however, there has been limited use in the aerospace...
US Receives Tiny Portable Drones for Faster Spy Missions
The US Army rolled out its first batch of short-range reconnaissance (SRR) drones to one of its airborne brigade teams, marking an important milestone...
Transforming Civilian Aircraft into Advanced Military ISR Assets
Northrop Grumman recently showcased the second phase of its Deep Sensing and Targeting (DSaT) system during the Vanguard 24 exercise, an annual military experiment...
Morphing Hypersonic Technology Could Redefine High-Speed Flight
Chinese aerospace researchers have announced a new development in hypersonic flight: a prototype vehicle able to alter its aerodynamic shape while travelling at speeds...
The Stealth Bomber’s Biggest Enemy Turned Out to Be Rain
Stealth aircraft are designed to defeat radar, sensors, and air defenses—but in the case of the B-2 bomber, one of the most persistent threats...
Drone Maps Solo: Is This the Future?
The gap between the theoretical capabilities of drones and their proven performance in the field remains a persistent challenge. According to the Drone Center...
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