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 ...

The US Air Force will select a winner for its first Collaborative Combat Aircraft increment by the end of 2026, choosing both an uncrewed fighter design and mission autonomy software provider as the ...

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 ...

Breakthrough in low-cost, eco-friendly UAVs as researchers unveil open-source software to enhance development A team of researchers in China has unveiled what they describe as the world's first ...

Chinese scientists have developed the world's lightest "brain control" device to turn bees into remotely controlled "cyborg" drones for military surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Chinese ...

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 ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) passed a new milestone this month, successfully integrating 3 rd-party mission autonomy into the YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft to conduct ...

The rapid succession of robotaxi deployments from companies like Waymo and Zoox have people in the industry, once again, dreaming about how autonomous vehicles might change our daily lives. That ...