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General Atomics, Anduril and three autonomy software providers have secured key production awards as the Air Force pushes to field Collaborative Combat Aircraft by 2030.
The next-generation aircraft has combined modern systems with the Dornier platform's long-established versatility and reliability.
The MQ-9B test flight begins an evaluation campaign for an unmanned airborne warning system designed to extend surveillance reach.
The designation reflects fighter and uncrewed status, while recent flights demonstrated mission autonomy software in four-hour test operations.
The four-hour airborne mission validated third-party software operating through A-GRA within the Collaborative Combat Aircraft programme.
The 85,000 sq fr facility will accommodate SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian RPAs along with Certifiable Ground Control Stations and launch pads
An F-22 and MQ-20 flew in coordination to demonstrate open-architecture control using government-owned communication systems and shared radio integration.
Test flights have demonstrated that the combat aerial vehicle could work in real time with both piloted and autonomous systems.
Ground testing of the YFQ-42A production-representative test vehicle is vital preparation ahead of its planned first flight later this summer.
The certification has cleared the RAF’s Protector for unrestricted use over populous areas and marked a major shift in uncrewed system airworthiness recognition.
The EagleEye radar performs Moving Target Indication (MTI), detects changes, builds stripmaps, and yields other precise insights to analysts, commanders, and operators using industry-standard data formats.
Testing will simulate three lifetimes of operations: Two of these replicate the operation of an aircraft under normal conditions, and the third lifetime has intentional damage inflicted on the airframe's critical components
Features of the new variant MQ-9A include improved power distribution and redundancy, GPS improvements, radar altimeters, nose wheel steering, and angle of attack sensor system improvements.
Bharat Forge has digitally integrated manufacturing, assembly and testing facilities for aerospace components and systems. It manufactures structural and engine parts and subsystems for aircraft and engines.
The PT6 E-Series was chosen as a reliable and versatile turboprop engine family that will deliver the performance characteristics required as GA-ASI continues its development of MQ-9B capabilities.
Leonardo's 7500E V2 radar is the latest variant of the Seaspray Active Electronically Scanned Array radar family, featuring updated processor and receiver technology to meet the demands of the ISR mission set.
The first of the advanced composite V-tails was shipped from the GKN in Cowes, UK, to GA-ASI in Poway, California and fitted onto an MQ-9B RPA, which will ultimately be delivered to the RAF as a Protector RPA.
GA-ASI has launched more than 25 UAS variants, beginning with the Gnat in 1992 and has now introduced a third aircraft class - alongside the established Predator line and recently announced Mojave - dubbed Evolution.
GKN Aerospace has been a supplier to GA-ASI's MQ-9 program for a decade, starting with the design and build of the fuel bladder system in Portsmouth. This further contract will help its drive to gain defence business.
The Seaspray enhances the capabilities of GA-ASI's MQ-9B and builds on a close partnership with Leonardo. Initial integration work of Leonardo's SAGE electronic surveillance onto SeaGuardian was recently completed.
Avenger remotely-piloted aircraft will be equipped with upgraded datalinks and the Skyborg software as part of experiments to allow piloted aircraft to control them in flight.
GA-ASI reports that the wing of its MQ-9B SkyGuardian has passed three months of static testing with flying colours, matching analytical predictions closely. Testing exceeded 150% of expected maximum loads.
GA-ASI's remotely piloted system has been selected by Belgium and Australia, as well as the UK. It is built for adverse-weather performance with lightning protection, a damage tolerant airframe and a de-icing system.