CCA
Northrop Grumman Advances Autonomous Airpower with First Talon Blue Flight
YFQ-48A Talon Blue combines decades of unmanned flight experience with a manufacturing approach built for affordable production at scale
Testing
Software
GA-ASI Teams with US Navy to Demonstrate Collaborative Autonomous Mission Planning for Simulated Battle
The team extended the Navy’s planning systems with Autonomy Government Reference Architecture (A‑GRA)-compliant mission context
Data Links & Communications
GA-ASI Demonstrates Disaster Relief Comms System with SoftBank Corp
The Disaster Relief Unit (DRU) communications pod can be used for disaster relief and recovery communications in areas where cellular service is not available.
C-UAS
Northrop Grumman’s Raid Hunter 50mm Aces Projectile Flight Test
Test validates projectile performance and generates critical flight data for the company’s gun-based air defense system
Testing
Joby Completes First-Ever Fully Autonomous Flight Across the United States
The journey demonstrated the operational capabilities of Joby’s autonomy technology across a range of environments, supporting applications in commercial freight, medical transport, disaster response, and defence logistics.
Testing
Textron Systems’ Aerosonde Completes First UAS Vertiport Flights in Commercial Airspace
Textron Systems collaborated with the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) to support the Virginia Air Mobility Smart Airspace Program
Propulsion
GE Aerospace and Kratos Announce Successful Ignition of GEK800 Turbofan Cruise Missile Propulsion System
Test at Kratos X-58 Test Facility Keeps Cost-Effective, Advanced Strike Technology on Schedule as High-Performance Jet Engine Advances Toward Production
Propulsion
Hermeus Unveils Ramjet-X Low-Cost Test Vehicle for High-Mach Flight
The Ramjet-X will be carried beneath Quarterhorse and released at a speed of around Mach 3, at which its ramjet can begin operating.
CCA
CCA Drones to Fly at Large-Scale US Air Force Exercise in December
The Emerald Flag exercise, which will take place at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, will be CCAs’ “first dip of the toe in an actual force integration,” Lt. Col. Lyndon Bartlett, commander of the unit, said in a panel at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber conference.
Testing
GA-ASI Mojave First UAS to Complete Battlefield Short Field Ops
Short Takeoff and Landing Aircraft Validates Austere Field Capabilities
CCA
Anduril’s YFQ-44A Fury CCA Has Flown Alongside F-35s
Anduril’s YFQ-44A Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) has already flown in formation alongside F-35 fighters during U.S. Air Force testing, company executives have revealed, offering the clearest indication yet that live manned-unmanned teaming work with the fifth-generation fighter is underway. The disclosure came during
Testing
Drone Dominance Program’s Gauntlet 2 at Fort Carson
The evaluation included about 40 Group 1 unmanned aircraft systems from 19 drone vendors and five payload vendors