Image generator specialist Quantum3D is to provide graphics rendering for PDA-based applications under development by Kutta Consulting for the US Army’s Dismounted Associate programme to provide a hand-held unmanned air vehicle command and control capability; for a US Air Force project to provide distributed access to multiple UAVs via PDAs; and for a hand-held personal flight-test data recorder for USAF test pilots.
Source: Flight International
Northrop Grumman continues to chase international sales opportunities for its E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and MQ-4C Triton maritime surveillance aircraft, as it simultaneously introduces upgrades to both platforms.
Amid steady demand for existing propulsion systems, the defence unit of GE Aerospace is targeting development efforts on a series of next-generation technologies, including high-powered adaptive engines and small, low-cost solutions for uncrewed fighter jets.
Northrop Grumman has built the experimental XRQ-73 hybrid-electric flying-wing that it has been developing under a secretive US military project.
