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    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

    John Keller
    Feb. 25, 2025
    Blackjack's standard electro-optical sensor payload has a visible-light imager, mid-wave infrared imager, laser rangefinder, and infrared marker.

    Uncrewed

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    Pipistrel
    Pipistrel's large UAV hovers above the ground
    The GemShield RF EMI-shielded case is for transporting sensitive electronics
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    The STMicro and HighTec cooperation helps developers integrate Rust with C/C++ code into safety-critical projects with Stellar and accelerate the development of safety-critical systems
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    A Navy Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout uncrewed helicopter takes off from the USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) during a Joint Interagency Task Force South’s mission, which includes counter-illicit drug trafficking missions in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
    Uncrewed

    Navy reaches out to industry to identify companies with uncrewed vehicles expertise for future test events

    John Keller
    Feb. 6, 2025
    Survey is to be a living document, and allows respondents to save and update their submission responses concerning uncrewed vehicles development.
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    Terminal of Chengdu Tianfu Airport
    Commercial Aerospace

    Chinese company unveils Mach-4 commercial drone prototype

    Jan. 31, 2025
    Lingkong Tianxing Technology says the 7-meter UAV with two detonation engines will fly next year, paving the way for a supersonic passenger jet by 2030, Jijo Malayil writes for...
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    The DARPA INTACT program seeks to manufacture ceramic materials that are as tough as metal for applications as demanding as submarine hulls
    Computers

    Researchers ask industry for ways to build ceramic materials with the strength of metal for submarine hulls

    John Keller
    Jan. 30, 2025
    Structural applications demand materials with metal-like high strength, stiffness, environmental resistance, and fracture toughness.
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    Commercial Aerospace

    Eve Air Mobility, JetSetGo partner to develop advanced air mobility management in India

    Jan. 30, 2025
    Eve’s software is designed to support advanced air mobility (AAM) operations by offering services such as flight coordination, airspace flow management, vertiport automation, ...
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    Futuristic soldier in red and blue light. A cybernetic soldier clad in advanced armor stands against a backdrop split by red and blue lighting, giving a futuristic feel AI generated
    Commentary

    Combining biology and machines in bio-hybrid creatures; does any of this sound familiar?

    John Keller
    Jan. 29, 2025
    Projects seek not only to control biological functions, but also to integrate synthetic and biological components for bio-hybrid cybernetic creatures.