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United Launch Alliance Trials OpenAI’s Government-Compliant Chatbot for Mission Support

United Launch Alliance is testing OpenAI’s new government-compliant chatbot to streamline mission planning and technical workflows under federal security standards, reflecting a broader push to integrate AI into space launch operations.

2025-06-22T14:31:52.629535-07:00

ndtv.com

Air India Boeing 787-8 Crash: Black Boxes Recovered Amid Gear and Flap Anomaly Probe

2025-06-13T04:55:39.338820-07:00

Reuters

Archer Aviation Raises $850M After Trump Executive Order to Accelerate eVTOL Deployment

2025-06-12T22:34:11.076358-07:00

Breaking Defense

Saab and Helsing’s AI Agent Flies Gripen E in First Autonomous BVR Combat Trials

2025-06-10T23:06:56.317305-07:00

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United Launch Alliance Trials OpenAI’s Government-Compliant Chatbot for Mission Support United Launch Alliance is testing OpenAI’s new government-compliant chatbot to streamline mission planning and technical workflows under federal security standards, reflecting a broader push to integrate AI into space launch operations.

2025-06-22T14:31:52.629535-07:00

United Launch Alliance Trials OpenAI’s Government-Compliant Chatbot for Mission Support

Breaking Defense

Air Force Accelerates Battle Staff Decisions Sevenfold With Inaugural DASH AI Experiment In its first DASH experimentation, the US Air Force and Shadow Operations Center – Nellis coders spent two weeks developing ‘agentic AI’ decision-support tools, which staff officers then evaluated in simulated high-intensity conflict scenarios. The AI Transformational Model accelerated staff decision cycles by a factor of seven.

2025-06-20T05:35:20.300486-07:00

Air Force Accelerates Battle Staff Decisions Sevenfold With Inaugural DASH AI Experiment

FlightGlobal

Sikorsky Forecasts AI and Automation to Transform Manned Helicopter Operations Executives at Sikorsky predict that artificial intelligence and automation will play an increasingly important role in manned helicopters, reducing pilot workload and unlocking new mission capabilities. The remarks align with recent tests of Sikorsky’s optionally piloted MATRIX suite and broader moves toward autonomous rotorcraft.

2025-06-18T05:52:43.859135-07:00

Sikorsky Forecasts AI and Automation to Transform Manned Helicopter Operations

flightlineweekly.com

Aramco orders two Leonardo C-27J Spartans for firefighting and multi-mission roles At the 2025 Paris Air Show, Saudi Aramco’s Mukamalah Aviation Company signed for two Leonardo C-27J Spartan aircraft configured for firefighting, oil spill response, medical evacuation and cargo transport. Deliveries begin in 2027 under the first civil operator order in this configuration.

2025-06-18T00:32:23.229648-07:00

Aramco orders two Leonardo C-27J Spartans for firefighting and multi-mission roles

FlightGlobal

Singapore to test crewed-uncrewed teaming on Airbus H225M utility helicopters Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency has signed an agreement with Airbus Helicopters to trial manned-unmanned teaming on H225M utility helicopters. The RSAF will pair its H225Ms with Airbus’s Flexrotor optionally piloted UAVs to enhance situational awareness and mission effectiveness.

2025-06-17T23:42:57.230378-07:00

Singapore to test crewed-uncrewed teaming on Airbus H225M utility helicopters

Breaking Defense

OpenAI Secures $200M DoD AI Contract for Warfighting and Enterprise Systems OpenAI has won a $200 million contract from the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and AI Office to prototype AI systems across warfighting and enterprise domains. The award, part of its new ‘OpenAI for Government’ initiative, builds on an Anduril partnership and consolidates its work with AFRL, NASA, Los Alamos and the Treasury.

2025-06-17T11:04:32.204891-07:00

OpenAI Secures $200M DoD AI Contract for Warfighting and Enterprise Systems

FreightWaves

FedEx deploys label-flipping robot to boost package sorting accuracy at Cologne air hub FedEx has introduced a robotic system at its Cologne, Germany air station that flips parcels for optimal label scanning. The automation reduces manual handling, cuts misreads and accelerates sorting throughput ahead of final delivery.

2025-06-17T09:07:40.149596-07:00

FedEx deploys label-flipping robot to boost package sorting accuracy at Cologne air hub

tectonicdefense.com

Applied Intuition Raises $600M Series F at $15B Valuation Applied Intuition has secured $600M in a Series F financing plus a tender offer, propelling its valuation to $15B. The funding round comes days after the autonomy software provider spun out a new independent software venture in just 10 days, highlighting its rapid expansion.

2025-06-17T07:38:14.228933-07:00

Applied Intuition Raises $600M Series F at $15B Valuation

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