Uncrewed

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An image of a digital aircraft in a virtual wind tunnel
Uncrewed

Rune Aero uses AI-powered virtual wind tunnel to cut aircraft design costs

March 20, 2025
By shifting wind tunnel testing to an early-stage virtual environment, Rune Aero aims to lower technical risks and optimize aerodynamics.
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Prototype model of rocket bomb tip, colored models of tail fins, and tail cone printed on a 3D printer from molten plastic.
Computers

Air Force eyes additive manufacturing and 3D printing for flight-critical military aircraft components

Feb. 28, 2025
To find qualified sources, the Air Force is asking industry for white papers that provide processes and procedures to qualify 3D printing vendors.
The AN/AQS-24B mine hunter being deployed from the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessel (MCM USV).
Sensors

Northrop Grumman asked for upgrades of Side-scan sonar and digital signal processing for mine hunting

Feb. 27, 2025
The AN/AQS-24 can be towed through the water by surface vessels and helicopters in areas where naval commanders suspect the presence of enemy mines.
A Boeing Insitu RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft prepares for launch from a U.S. Navy vessel.
Uncrewed

Navy asks Boeing Insitu for small and medium-sized unmanned aircraft and electro-optical sensor payloads

Feb. 25, 2025
Blackjack's standard electro-optical sensor payload has a visible-light imager, mid-wave infrared imager, laser rangefinder, and infrared marker.
The future GOLUM lightweight UAV-delivered special operations munition should be smaller than the GBU-69, shown here.
Sensors

Special Operations Command asking industry for UAV-delivered lightweight munition with multimode navigation

Feb. 21, 2025
GOLUM should weigh no more than 30 pounds with warhead, and be able to hit targets accurately from as far away as 62 miles from aircraft release.
The Curtiss-Wright TTS-9610 flight test transmitter is for long-duration flights of rockets and missiles
Test

Flight test transmitter with IRIG-106-23 modulation for rockets and missiles introduced by Curtiss-Wright

The TTS-9610 supports IRIG-106 LDPC linear error correction, with fast encoding and decoding algorithms to optimize accuracy over noisy channels.