Mav6 continues to progress on assembly of the M1400 Blue Devil 2 at airship maker TCOM‘s hangar in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
The latest pictures show mounting of the engines. The VTOL engines are Honeywell TPE331-12 vectorable turboprops driving MT MTV-27 props. To provide a sense of scale, the VTOL prop is approximately 12-feet in diameter.
This new picture show testing of the latest refinements to the main engine belt transmission:
Source: The EdgeFighter
France has conducted a series of experimental trials assessing the feasibility of releasing drones from a military transport aircraft, using an A400M as the test platform.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced that it is exempting imports of some new models of foreign-made drones and critical components from a sweeping import ban adopted in December.
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems of San Diego, California, has received a $142.5 million contract modification for work on the RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system.
