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NASA Takes Delivery of First All-Electric Experimental Aircraft, X-57 Maxwell

October 4, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments All-electric aircraft, Armstrong Flight Research Center, Empirical Systems Aerospace (ESAero), Experimental aircraft, NASA, NASA X-57 Maxwell, Tecnam P2006T, USA, X-planes

NASA took delivery of its first all-electric experimental aircraft, X-57 Maxwell, from Empirical Systems Aerospace (ESAero) of San Luis Obispo,

U.S. Army Autonomous Ground Resupply (AGR)

Americas Logistics Technology

U.S. Army, UK’s Dstl Demonstrates Autonomous Resupply Capabilities

October 3, 2019October 5, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Autonomous Mobility Applique System (AMAS), Autonomous Vehicle, Coalition Assured Autonomous Resupply (CAAR), Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) UK, U.S. Army, UK, US Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC), USA

The U.S. Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) and the U.K. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have teamed up

Americas Naval Technology

U.S. Navy’s Ghost Fleet Overlord Unmanned Surface Vessel Program Enters New Phase

October 2, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Ghost Fleet Overlord program (US Navy), Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) US Navy, Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MUSV) US Navy, U.S. Navy (USN), Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV), USA

The second phase of the Ghost Fleet Overlord program commenced with the award of contract modifications to the two industry

Americas Technology Weapons

General Atomics Awarded U.S. Army Contract Supporting Hypersonic Glide Body Prototype Development

October 2, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB), General Atomics, Hypersonic glide vehicle, Intermediate Range Conventional Prompt Strike (IRCPS), Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), U.S. Army, US Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO), USA

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and

Air Asia-Pacific Technology

China Unveils New WZ-8 High-Altitude, High-Speed Reconnaissance Drone

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments China, Reconnaissance aircraft, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), WZ-8

China unveiled its new WZ-8 high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance drone at the National Day parade held in Beijing on October 1.

Asia-Pacific Ballistic Missiles Technology

China Displays DF-17 Hypersonic Glide Vehicle-Equipped Missile at Military Parade

October 1, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Ballistic Missile, China, DF-17, DF-ZF (WU-14) HGV, Hypersonic glide vehicle, MRBM

China has displayed its new DF-17 Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV)-equipped medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) at the military parade celebrating the

Lockheed Martin High Speed Strike Weapon (HSSW)

Americas Technology

Lockheed Martin Receives $31.7M in Support of DARPA/U.S. Air Force Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept Phase II Program

September 30, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments DARPA/USAF Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Hypersonic missile, Lockheed Martin, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract modification to provide continued support for a research project under the DARPA/U.S. Air

Europe Technology

MicroLink Devices Delivers Solar Arrays to Prismatic for PHASA-35 Demonstration Aircraft

September 27, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments MicroLink Devices, PHASA-35, Prismatic UK, Solar-Powered UAV, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

MicroLink Devices announced =that it has completed delivery of its first production contract of solar arrays to Prismatic Ltd. for

Asia-Pacific Industry Technology

Boeing Australia Collaborates on AI Research for Unmanned Systems

September 25, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Artificial intelligence (AI), Australia, Boeing, Defence Cooperative Research Centre (DCRC), Defence CRC Tas

Boeing is partnering with Australia’s Trusted Autonomous Systems Defence Cooperative Research Centre (DCRC) to develop advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technologies