The Army plans to expand its autonomous air capability portfolio with a CCA-like option, and right now the service is working with the other services, partners and allies to find out what the right option may look like.
The American-made Teal 2 quadcopter and Edge 130 Blue, a VTOL fixed-wing system, are both on the Defense Innovation Unit’s Blue List for acquisition by U.S. forces.
Knowing when to build on commercial systems and when to develop something new can be the difference between parity and information dominance.
There’s a new battlespace called “air-ground littoral” where quadcopters and fixed-wing VTOLs now dominate.
A SOCOM spokesperson told Breaking Defense, “Our next step is to purchase limited quantities of the Rogue 1 for further test and evaluation in support of a fielding decision and follow-on Low-Rate Initial Production in late calendar year 2025.”
At AUSA Global Force 2024, IAI presented integrated, AI-driven combat systems - both manned and unmanned - that are opening new opportunities on the battlefield.
“There's a transformative vertical lift industry that's emerging and we need to be partners in it," said AFWERX Director Col. Elliot Leigh.
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
A hybrid, tandem wing, multi-domain and multi-role UAS capability, STRIX could be used for a variety of missions including air to ground strike against hostile targets and persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR).
A VTOL system with no stick or rudder plus beyond line-of-sight ISR meets the demands of the UAE and its Middle East neighbors.
IAI senior official Moshe Levy told Breaking Defense the company is experimenting with several designs to aid ground units in combat.
The two Israeli firms are looking for a partner to create a joint venture that will allow them to sell to the US military.
“Tactical operating system” for warfighters has evolved to provide more situational awareness of the battlefield.
The "Agility Prime" event next week will kick off with speeches by Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett, Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, and Air Force acquisition head Will Roper.
"Now is the perfect time to make Jetson's cars real," says Air Force acquisition head Will Roper.
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s election is mostly good news for the Marine Corps — but there are a couple of important caveats. Both his campaign promise to increase Marine combat battalions by 50 percent and his public lambasting of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter could cause problems for Marine Corps leaders as they struggle to explain […]
When V-22 Ospreys full of Marines take to the skies 10 years from now, they could be escorted by armed high-speed drones called MUX. That’s become the Marine Corps plan because drones let you do things differently. Doing without a pilot inside makes it possible to build unorthodox aircraft that would work poorly carrying tender humans. You […]