Aircraft manufacturers Griffon Aerospace and Textron Systems have both advanced to the flight stage of the US Army’s Future Tactical Uncrewed Aerial System (FTUAS) programme. The service said on 25 ...

employees today marked the rollout of the first production unit of their MQM-171A BroadSword Unmanned Aircraft System for the Army. BroadSword will be used primarily as a target for troops testing ...

Soldiers check out Textron's Aerosonde HQ at the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System rodeo at Fort Benning, Georgia in March 2021. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army ...

Griffon Aerospace and a Textron (NYSE: TXT) business will further develop their unmanned vertical takeoff and landing system offerings after the U.S. Army exercised the third and fourth options in its ...

The Griffon helicopters were outfitted with extra sensors and Gatling guns to complement their already existing side-door machine guns and armour plating. (Canadian Forces) The 2008 deployment of ...

Lightweight fighter aircraft with no pilots could support conventional military missions while being easier to launch and recover. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The US Army on 26 September selected the Griffon Aerospace Valiant and Textron Systems Aerosonde Mk 4.8 Hybrid Quadrotor (HQ) for the second phase of the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems ...

Nine aerospace manufacturers will each design an autonomous ship-based reconnaissance aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) for the Pentagon’s secretive technology incubator, the ...