The test demonstrated long-range kill chain effects, including an autonomous air-to-air engagement, by using beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) Command and Control (C2). The new test comes a little over a ...

Autonomous flight control systems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) combine sensor suites, onboard computation and control algorithms to enable stable, precise and safe operation without direct ...

Group 3+ autonomous aircraft for contested logistics and multi-mission operations, built on a proven commercial UAS platform, achieves concept to flight in 6 months Alameda, California — Pyka today ...

Lockheed Martin's famous-yet-secret Skunk Works is conducting live flight tests of its Smart Adaptive Flight Control Environment (SAFE) autonomous AI system on the X-62A. The system can be ...

Addressing a persistent engineering challenge in sustainable UAV design, researchers from Northwestern Polytechnical University’s School of Civil Aviation in China have developed a system that bridges ...

Riding a surge of interest in autonomous aviation for military applications, US start-up Merlin plans to become a publicly traded company. Merlin has been developing autonomy technologies that can be ...

Merlin and SNC conducted three test flights in July to gather data for a planned KC-135 autonomous flight demonstration. Credit: U.S. Air Force Boston-based startup Merlin, partnered with Sierra ...

First flight of the Anduril YFQ-44A autonomous fighter prototype is close at hand, according to officials from both the company and the US Air Force. Speaking at the annual Air & Spaces Forces ...