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MARCH 15, 2022

First look at the Navy's Snakehead unmanned submarine

How EW and cyber could factor in Russia-Ukraine crisis

Radian Aerospace eyes single-stage-to-orbit space plane

U.S. and U.K. authorities recognize potential of eVTOL aircraft

Robots could be used to support soldiers in combat

CLEAR FOR TAKEOFF

Wanted: hypersonic missile with standardized payload interface able to carry out several kinds of missions

Potential $334 million Mayhem project seeks a standardized payload interface for multi-mission payload integration within the same hypersonic system.

UNMANNED DESIGN TRENDS

DARPA to outfit F-16D jet fighter with artificial intelligence (AI) to boost trust in AI as a human partner

ACE is applying AI to aircraft dogfighting in realistic experiments, and is developing ways to measure human trust in combat autonomy performance.

Air Force asks industry to model and simulate electromagnetic warfare effects that destroy electronics

High-power microwaves can enable low-collateral-damage military applications and counter electronic effects and counter improvised explosive devices.

FAA and AURA to support UAS communications in national airspace

The joint FAA-AURA effort expected to get underway this month is designed to better inform RTCA DO-377 Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards (MASPS) for ATC voice communications supporting UAS operations within the NAS.

UNMANNED BUSINESS

Army evaluating Rafael anti-tank missile for use on helicopters, combat vehicles, and unmanned aircraft

The Spike non-line-of-sight (NLOS) missile is a fire-and-forget anti-tank and anti-personnel missile with a tandem-charge high-explosive warhead.

Textron to provide engineering support for UISS uncrewed counter-mine surface vessel in $41.7 million order

UISS counter-mine system will enable the Navy littoral combat ship to detect, pinpoint, and destroy acoustic and magnetic, and magnetic sea mines.

Zyter and Qualcomm collaborate on apps and dashboard for private 5G networks

In addition to providing network management and a consolidated dashboard to display application and device data, Zyter is also making three production-ready applications available.

SWaP-optimized inertial measurement unit (IMU) for antenna and camera stabilization offered by SBG Systems

Pulse-40 features gyro and accelerometer bias instability of 0.8 degrees per hour to enable long dead reckoning and maintain heading performance.

UNMANNED CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES

Air Force seeks help in boosting air logistics capability with machine learning and sensor integration

DOGTAG focuses on machine learning, asset tracking, process digitization, long term evolution, and sensor integration to air and ground transportation.

Military researchers focus on underexplored solutions to build quantum computer to help solve difficult problems

The complexity of a fault-tolerant utility-scale quantum computer could approach or exceed that of a classical supercomputer, DARPA researchers say.

Researchers ask industry to develop high-energy sources for laser weapons that take down unmanned aircraft

DARPA MELT project seeks to develop a compact, scalable, semiconductor laser source to create a mass-producible, low SWaP scalable laser source.

Air Force asks industry for capable low-cost electro-optical sensors for attritable uncrewed aircraft

Low-COST seeks to develop compact integrated sensors employing optical component technologies for attritable and low-cost small uncrewed aircraft.

UNMANNED PRODUCTS

SWaP-optimized inertial measurement unit (IMU) for antenna and camera stabilization offered by SBG Systems

Pulse-40 features gyro and accelerometer bias instability of 0.8 degrees per hour to enable long dead reckoning and maintain heading performance.

Inertial navigation that combines attitude and heading, air data computer introduced by Inertial Labs

The Inertial Labs INS-DM can support several types of MEMS inertial measurement units from Inertial Labs, and supports other inertial systems.

Radio upgrade to include camera control for manned and unmanned aircraft introduced by Persistent Systems

Any MPU5 user can consume video from manned and unmanned aircraft, and take control of the camera and point it at a target or area of interest.

Flight data recorder for SWaP-constrained military and commercial aircraft introduced by Curtiss-Wright

With record rates typically exceeding 1 gigabit per second, the nREC-700 acquires data as Chapter 11, DARv3, or other formats native to input traffic.

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