LSU and Integer Technologies Announce $9.8M Research Contract, Partnership

Navy funding advances intelligent autonomy for maritime vessels, supporting LSU research priorities in Coast, Defense and Energy COLUMBIA, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LSU and Integer Technologies announce the Office of Naval Research has awarded their team a $9.8 million contract to research and develop new solutions for improving the intelligence, autonomy and decision-making ability of distributed networks of... Continue reading

Benedict College and Integer Technologies Announce Partnership and $7.9M Contract for Research and Workforce Development

Benedict College and Integer Technologies were pleased to host Rear Admiral Kurt J. Rothenhaus, Chief of Naval Research, to discuss how this partnership will augment cybersecurity research and STEM workforce diversity for the military. Pictured (L to R): Gurcan Comert, Ph.D., associate professor at Benedict College; Aravind Prakash, Ph.D., lead cyber physical systems scientist at... Continue reading

Unusual Machines’ FPV Flight Controller Approved for Blue UAS Framework

ORLANDO, FL / ACCESSWIRE / August 7, 2024 / Unusual Machines, Inc. (NYSE American:UMAC) ("Unusual Machines" or the "Company"), a drone and drone components manufacturer, today announced that its Rotor Riot Brave F7 Flight Controller has been approved for inclusion on the Blue UAS Framework list. This significant milestone underscores Unusual Machines' commitment to providing... Continue reading

AUVSI Statement on the Report of the Commission on the National Defense Strategy

The Commission on the National Defense Strategy published its final report this week and today, Commission Chair Jane M. Harman and Vice Chair Eric S. Edelman will testify at a U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing about the report’s bipartisan, unanimous conclusions and recommendations. On behalf of the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International... Continue reading

AUVSI Pathfinder Symposium 2024

Discover the forefront of technological innovation at the Pathfinder Symposium 2024, hosted by the AUVSI Pathfinder Chapter, a leading non-profit organization dedicated to advancing Uncrewed and Autonomous Systems. From August 26-28, 2024, at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama, this symposium brings together over 600 professionals from the Department of Defense, Federal Agencies, Industry, and... Continue reading

NAVAIR Selects Near Earth Autonomy for USMC Aerial Logistics Connector Program

Pittsburgh, PA – [July 12th, 2024] – NAVAIR has selected Near Earth Autonomy (Near Earth) to lead one of the teams demonstrating optimized logistics using rotorcraft for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Aerial Logistics Connector (ALC) program through an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) under the Naval Aviation Systems Consortium (NASC). In collaboration with industry leaders Leonardo... Continue reading

Overwatch Group and PteroDynamics Ink Strategic Relationship

Companies Sign Exclusive Distribution Agreement for Transwing® VTOL UAS in the UK, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGLAND AND COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – July 1, 2024 – Overwatch Group, a UK-based end-to-end design and manufacture company specializing in advanced unmanned system and munitions technologies, and PteroDynamics Inc., an innovator in vertical... Continue reading

Navy awards Charles River Analytics a contract to facilitate easy integration of hierarchical autonomous systems in the military

As the US military integrates more autonomous systems into its ranks, it must do so in the context of existing command-and-control (C2) structures. Ensuring that new uncrewed systems (UxSs) play well and conform to hierarchical protocols is not easy, but Charles River Analytics is addressing the challenge. The Office of Naval Research awarded Charles River... Continue reading

Fuel Cell Powers SKIRON-XLE sUAS for Long Range Reconnaissance

Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company, was out in the field with a new addition to its SKIRON Expeditionary small UAS product line. Designated SKIRON-XLE, the long-endurance variant is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell and purpose-designed for long range reconnaissance. While flight testing is on-going, SKIRON-XLE is expected to extend flight times to well... Continue reading

MatrixSpace Awarded $1.25M AFWERX Open Topic SBIR Contract to Develop Low SWAP-C Multi-function Payload

Small, low cost, multi-band, high-performance UAS sensor package for sensing, communications and electronic warfare to enable Replicator initiative Burlington, MA (June 19, 2024) – MatrixSpace has been selected by AFWERX for a $1.25M Direct-to-Phase II SBIR to develop a prototype low SWaP-C multi-function, multi-band antenna payload, based on the MatrixSpace Radar hardware platform. Created to... Continue reading