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    Naval Research Laboratory experts install newly developed payloads on one of the lab's Black Pearl uncrewed underwater vehicles.
    John Keller
    July 10, 2025
    General Dynamics will build five modified Black Pearl UUVs to accommodate NRL payloads, maintenance, at-sea support, and engineering support.

    Uncrewed

    Skyryse
    Two Black Hawk helicopters flying.
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    Boeing
    An artist’s rendering of a Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail teaming with two MQ-28 Ghost Bat collaborative combat aircraft. Boeing illustration.
    DoorDash
    A Flytrex quad copter carrying a bag over a neighborhood
    SONGBOW involves pulsed fiber laser technology and laser control for directed-energy weapons to counter incoming missiles and UAVs.
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    Digital composite video depicts a reconnaissance uncrewed aircraft as it keeps watch on moving vehicles.
    A QF-16 uncrewed aerial target departs following a test of a Bak-12 aircraft arresting system at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
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    Electronics component manufactures are getting creative with building radiation-hardened and radiation-tolerant microelectronics on the same fab line.
    John Keller
    June 16, 2025
    Chip manufacturers are responding to growing demand for radiation-hardened and radiation-tolerant devices for low-Earth orbits, as well as for high-altitude geosynchronous orbits...
    The Service Engineering/Malloy Aeronautics TRV-150C cargo uncrewed aircraft is for battlefield resupply of U.S. Marines.
    John Keller
    June 13, 2025
    The TRV-150 can deliver ammunition, weapons, food and water, medical supplies, and other crucial equipment to Marines on the battlefield.
    XTI
    Oak Ridge's supercomputer
    Jamie Whitney
    June 13, 2025
    The simulations are enabling XTI’s engineering team to analyze and refine the aircraft’s aerodynamic performance across a range of flight conditions in preparation for wind tunnel...
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    The U.S. Marine Corps needs large uncrewed cargo aircraft able to carry 1,300-pound payloads to resupply warfighters ashore.
    John Keller
    June 12, 2025
    Uncrewed cargo aircraft should be able to deliver cargo to the battlefield during the day and at night, and carry payloads of at least 1,300 pounds.
    Joby Aviation
    Joby test pilot James “Buddy” Denham flying a fully transitioned Joby aircraft above the company’s facilities in Marina, California. Photo: Joby Aviation.
    Jamie Whitney
    June 12, 2025
    The order instructs the FAA to enable routine "Beyond Visual Line of Sight" (BVLOS) drone operations for commercial and public safety missions. It also mandates the use of artificial...