Accidents
The Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned air vehicle (UAV) was damaged during landing after completing its third flight on 9 October in Yuma, Arizona. The issue was caused by a malfunction of the aircraft’s provisional flight test recovery system and high surface winds, says the Air Force Research Laboratory
Electronic Sub-Systems
U.S. Navy unmanned surveillance experts needed a synthetic aperture/ground moving target indicator (GMTI) radar for small military unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). They found their solution from IMSAR LLC in Springville, Utah. Officials of the Naval Air Warfare Aircraft Division in Lakehurst, N.J., announced a $7.3 million
Commercial
Drones designed to spray broad- acre agricultural crops usually use fine droplets with a low water-to-chemical ratio to try and make up for their limited fluid carrying capacity. This greatly limits their use, because extremely low water volumes are off-label and fine droplets are prone to drift,
Commercial
Donecle has announced that AAR, a leading independent MRO provider in North America, has selected its automated drone solution to improve the efficiency and reliability of visual inspections during base maintenance. - Donecle provides its drone to AAR to assist general visual inspections on both Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 families.
A committee of the UK’s House of Commons issued a report Oct. 8 calling for greater drone regulations, including registration, drone ID transmission, and geofencing around sensitive locations. In the 73-page report “Commercial and Recreational Drone Use in the UK,” the Science and Technology Committee made numerous recommendations
Accidents
An Airbus Zephyr high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) has crashed while on a test flight in Australia, marking the second crash this year. In a statement sent to Air Force Technology Airbus confirmed the crash occurred on 28 of September. The UAS was being launched from
Testing
C-Astral, the Slovenia based integrator of small unmanned systems, has been successfully fielding its new mini UAS ATLAS C4EYE (Advanced Technology Light Acquisition/ATAK System) in a series of closed trials, involving the cooperation of manned, unmanned and NATO JTAC assets. The 2.6 kg blended-wing-body platform
Testing
Northrop Grumman has achieved a technical readiness level (TRL) 7 milestone with its Hatchet unpowered precision strike munition, following the completion of a campaign of live end-to-end guide-to-hit trials in August. The next milestone will be full platform integration. The campaign, which was continued from the
Business
uAvionix has announced that it has acquired AeroVonics LLC, an exciting startup avionics company based in Albuquerque, NM. The acquisition marks uAvionix’s first foray into advanced digital cockpit displays for the General Aviation (GA) market.We will incorporate the AV-20S Multi-Function Display (MFD) and the AV-30
Video
Focke Wulf 190 A8 flown by Klaus Plasa chasing a Supermarine Spitfire Mk.18 flown by Rob Davies. All filmed at the Hangar 10 Fly In 2019. Thanks to all the people who made that happen. What an awesome event! If you wonder what engine the Fw190 has. Its an
Testing
A drone air taxi designed by Airbus has successfully completed 114 test flights in Pacific Northwest skies. The enthusiasm around the test flight hangar in Pendleton, Oregon, has to be leavened, though. Industry insiders said the technology is running years ahead of regulators and public acceptance. "No crashes, no
A Melbourne company has received an AU $3.5 million contract to develop an unmanned aerial system with potential future applications for the Royal Australian Navy. Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Melissa Price MP, announced the Defence Innovation Hub contract with Sypaq Systems at PACIFIC 2019 in Sydney. Sypaq