The Air Force’s Agility Prime program launched in May of 2020 as a technology accelerator for electric air taxis. A little over a year later, the program looks toward how these bespoke aircraft could be implemented in Air Force operations.  During a panel discussion with the Vertical Flight ...

The Biden administration has instructed the Department of Defense to use funding on initiatives related to expanding the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and increasing new and legacy aircraft efficiencies to decrease aviation emissions.  The new actions were released by the White House on ...

The Pentagon is “weeks away” from completing its implementation plan for the new Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) strategy, a lead official said on Wednesday. Army Brig. Gen. Rob Parker, the J6 deputy director and head of the JADC2 Cross-Functional Team, said the plan will detail ...

AIR FORCE PLANT 42 PALMDALE, Calif.—As the Pentagon tries to realize the Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) vision, Northrop Grumman [NOC] said it has been hard at work on the company’s Distributed Autonomy/Responsive Control (DA/RC) architecture, which is to remove an aircraft’s ...

The push to harness artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in military satellite systems in the coming years will require greater use of commercial advancements in data management and “intelligent routing” solutions, a panel of experts said Thursday. Santanu Das, the Office of ...

The electrification of aircraft has caused the aviation industry to take an interest in battery technology. While many other industries are also transitioning to battery power in an attempt to be more sustainable, electric aircraft will require very different requirements and regulations.  BAE ...