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Jet Aviation rolls out automated drone + AI aircraft exterior inspections for U.S. customers

Fixed-base operator Jet Aviation has launched an automated drone and artificial intelligence inspection service in the U.S., extending a technology it first deployed at its Basel, Switzerland headquarters in 2023. The company says the U.S. expansion follows a 2023 technology partnership and is part of its global innovation push.

2026-05-20T04:40:56.464475-07:00

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Shield AI selected Hivemind to pilot LUCAS one-way attack drones with collaborative swarm autonomy

2026-05-20T08:54:31.817627-07:00

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The “cardinality wall” highlights the data bottleneck as LEO constellations scale to thousands of satellites

2026-05-20T06:10:24.394943-07:00

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Northrop’s YFQ-48A Talon Blue completes first taxi test in Mojave; Crane supplies brake control system

2026-05-20T00:25:17.979038-07:00

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Shield AI selected Hivemind to pilot LUCAS one-way attack drones with collaborative swarm autonomy Shield AI says the Defense Department selected its Hivemind agentic AI software to serve as the autonomy “pilot” for LUCAS Kamikaze one-way drones. The test demonstration later this year targets swarming 10 or more munitions operating collaboratively under the LUCAS program.

2026-05-20T08:54:31.817627-07:00

Shield AI selected Hivemind to pilot LUCAS one-way attack drones with collaborative swarm autonomy

SpaceNews.com

The “cardinality wall” highlights the data bottleneck as LEO constellations scale to thousands of satellites As low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations move into an era of concurrency—potentially thousands of spacecraft operating at once—industry is running into a “cardinality wall”: a hidden data management bottleneck tied to tracking and handling the sheer number of objects and connections in near-real time.

2026-05-20T06:10:24.394943-07:00

The “cardinality wall” highlights the data bottleneck as LEO constellations scale to thousands of satellites

Aviation Week

Jet Aviation rolls out automated drone + AI aircraft exterior inspections for U.S. customers Fixed-base operator Jet Aviation has launched an automated drone and artificial intelligence inspection service in the U.S., extending a technology it first deployed at its Basel, Switzerland headquarters in 2023. The company says the U.S. expansion follows a 2023 technology partnership and is part of its global innovation push.

2026-05-20T04:40:56.464475-07:00

Jet Aviation rolls out automated drone + AI aircraft exterior inspections for U.S. customers

FlightGlobal

Northrop’s YFQ-48A Talon Blue completes first taxi test in Mojave; Crane supplies brake control system Northrop Grumman’s YFQ-48A “Talon Blue” collaborative combat aircraft prototype conducted its first taxi test on May 14 in Mojave, California. Crane Aerospace and Electronics supplied the brake control system, and Northrop was also named a preferred provider under the US Department of Defense’s Drone Dominance effort.

2026-05-20T00:25:17.979038-07:00

Northrop’s YFQ-48A Talon Blue completes first taxi test in Mojave; Crane supplies brake control system

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Miami International and Miami-Dade unveil $33M AI Airport Operations Center (AOC) and start air-taxi and drone management trials Miami International Airport and Miami-Dade County plan a $33 million Airport Operations Center with AI and 360-degree monitoring, targeting opening in 2027. The county also plans to test air-taxi management, beginning with drone trials and then scaling toward larger electric air-taxi operations, using BDI’s ALTA platform at Miami Executive as part of Florida’s AAM planning.

2026-05-19T06:10:37.334803-07:00

Miami International and Miami-Dade unveil $33M AI Airport Operations Center (AOC) and start air-taxi and drone management trials

GE Aerospace

GE Aerospace applies generative AI to hypersonic ramjet design, generating hundreds of layouts in seconds for Mach 5+ concepts GE Aerospace says an in-house generative AI application produced hundreds of hypersonic ramjet design layouts in seconds—cutting the time from months to near-real-time ideation. The workflow, built with Edison Works innovation and paired with advanced materials and ground testing, has been extended to CFM RISE.

2026-05-19T05:11:32.363223-07:00

GE Aerospace applies generative AI to hypersonic ramjet design, generating hundreds of layouts in seconds for Mach 5+ concepts

Aviation Week

GE Aerospace wins USAF funding to advance GE426 medium-thrust engine for Autonomous Collaborative Platform GE Aerospace has secured a U.S. Air Force contract to complete the preliminary design review for its GE426 engine for the service’s medium-thrust-class Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) effort. GE says the GE426 is being optimized for the cost profile of the collaborative combat aircraft market and will be larger than the 1,500-lb-thrust GEK1500 developed with Kratos.

2026-05-19T05:11:14.081754-07:00

GE Aerospace wins USAF funding to advance GE426 medium-thrust engine for Autonomous Collaborative Platform

SpaceWatch Global

NATO GEOINT Mastermind: governs AI for geospatial intelligence using space-based sensors At GEOINT 2026, NATO policy leadership discussed how AI will be used for geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) and what governance and security controls are required for deployment. The alliance framed space-based sensors as central to modern GEOINT operations and tied AI adoption to safeguarding data and accelerating decision advantage.

2026-05-19T01:23:42.078337-07:00

NATO GEOINT Mastermind: governs AI for geospatial intelligence using space-based sensors

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Jet Aviation rolls out automated drone + AI aircraft exterior inspections for U.S. customers

Shield AI selected Hivemind to pilot LUCAS one-way attack drones with collaborative swarm autonomy

The “cardinality wall” highlights the data bottleneck as LEO constellations scale to thousands of satellites

Northrop’s YFQ-48A Talon Blue completes first taxi test in Mojave; Crane supplies brake control system

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