Wed, Aug 16, 2023
Utilizing complex Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms and sophisticated automation technologies, Air Force researchers have successfully performed the first unmanned, wholly autonomous flight of an aircraft.
The three-hour sortie was flown by an XQ-58A Valkyrie, an experimental, stealthy, Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) designed and built by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions for USAF’s Low Cost Attritable Strike Demonstrator (LCASD) program. ParaZero Technologies recently inked a deal to supply their SafeAir system to an “air taxi and cargo drone solutions company in the USA. ParaZero’s SafeAir is, looking past the corporate fluff, a smaller, more compact ballistic parachute system for uncrewed or multirotor aircraft in the greater UAV family. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the delivery of 9 autonomous drones donated by Skydio to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-NextGen!!!
Airborne-NextGen 08.08.23 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Tuesday, August 8th, 2023... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Holland Lee, Sophie Hurlock, Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, and Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, this episode covers:
- USAF Conducts First AI Flight of Pilotless Aircraft
- ParaZero Sees US Order for UAV Safety Chutes
- Skydio Sees First Ukraine Deliveries under USAID
- SkyDrive Opts for Avidyne Avionics for Future eVTOL Aircraft
- Newly-Released Report Bodes Poorly for Hydrogen Propulsion
- Ampaire Provides Company Update
- General Atomics STOL UAS Operates from Unimproved Surface
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