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Anduril unveils Roadrunner-M
From Ashlee Vance at Bloomberg:
Anduril Industries Inc., a startup in Southern California fashioning itself as a new-age defense technology and weapons maker, has created a product dubbed Roadrunner that it bills as an answer to the USâs rising drone threat. Developed in secret over the past two years, a Roadrunner is akin to a mini, autonomous fighter jet. Powered by two turbines and equipped with a warhead, it takes off vertically like a rocket and then turns to fly at hundreds of miles per hour like a plane toward its target. And, in a first for this type of weapon, a Roadrunner can return home, land and be reused when it doesnât engage a target in the air.
Read the story on Bloomberg here. Watch the launch video on X here.
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Electra Completes Worldâs First Hybrid-Electric eSTOL Aircraft Flight
âThe Goldfinch completed an all-electric test flight on November 11 and a hybrid-electric flight on November 19, both piloted by Cody Allee, from the Manassas Regional Airport in Virginia. The first hybrid flight lasted 23 minutes, reached an altitude of 3,200 feet, and covered a distance of approximately 30 miles,â said Electraâs Vice President and General Manager JP Stewart. âWeâre looking forward to further expanding the envelope of this aircraft and demonstrating the full capability of Electraâs technology.â
Read more here.
Other Deep Tech Stories
Space
The US military relies on civil weather satellites as its own age out (SpaceNews)
AI
Pentagonâs AI initiatives accelerate hard decisions on lethal autonomous weapons (AP News)
Scale AI Announces Partnership with Center for Strategic and International Studies (Scale)
Cyber
The Navy published its first cyber strategy (BreakingDefense)
Defense
Marine Corps looks at ocean glider for rapid resupply to fight China (MarineTimes)
Upgraded F-35s fly with partial software as DOD hunts for delivery fix (DefenseNews)
Ukraineâs new Backfire drone nears mass production (sUAS News)
Drones
Roark Aerospace launched the worldâs first âDrone Detection as a Serviceâ concept (sUAS News)
Mac Jee (Brazil defense co.) announced a high-speed kamikaze drone product (C4NET)
UAE Orders 100 Surveillance Drones From EDGE (DefensePost)
Consumer
Huawei to move smart car operations to new joint company with Changan (Reuters)