Testing
Firebird optionally piloted systems, RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft, ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems, and Desert Hawk unmanned aircraft systemsare among the technologies being tested during U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Empire Challenge 2011 demonstration. The demonstration kicked off May 23 and continues through June 3, bringing together more
Testing
New Mexico State University's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Test Center supported AAI Corporation's Shadow 200 Tactical UAS in conducting flights over the skies of Hatch, N.M. These were four-dimensional flight tests in support of efforts by the Federal Aviation Administration Tech Center to further
Electronic Sub-Systems
The UK Ministry of Defence’s requirement for an unmanned surveillance system, dubbed Scavenger, could result in the first aircraft to carry the “platform-agnostic integration system” sensor concept being developed by Selex Galileo for medium-altitude, long-endurance and larger air vehicles. The new system, derived from Selex’s
Propulsion
Systems designers at Elbit Systems of America LLC in Fort Worth, Texas, and at Lockheed Martin Corp. in Eagan, Minn., will develop a green hybrid propulsion system running on renewable energy for small UAS as part of initial phase of the U.S. Air Force Small Unmanned Renewable enerGy long
Military
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. and CAE announced yesterday that the companies have signed an exclusive teaming agreement to offer the Predator B UAS to meet Canada’s Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) needs. “GA-ASI’s establishment of a formal partnership with CAE signifies a firm commitment
Military
AeroVironment Inc. announced that it has received a firm-fixed-price contract order valued at $8,373,995 under a follow-on contract with the U.S. Army towards a total acquisition objective of 2,358 systems. The order comprises new digital Raven small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) and initial
Military
Deliveries have already started under a $400 million contract signed last year, but what is believed to be the first image of a Russian-liveried Searcher II has just appeared. More Searcher II and BirdEye-400 UAS are being readied for delivery to Russia by Israel Aerospace Industries' Malat
Events
More about the Maveric , which was on display at the SOFIC 2011 (Special Operations Forces Industry Conference) in Tampa Florida last week, in this video which was posted on the Defense Review Channel on YouTube. The Maveric has a flexible monolithic wing made from carbon fibre and rip-stop nylon,
Military
Israel’s Aeronautics Defense Systems has announced that the "Dominator 2" in the XP version is ready to be marketed. The aircraft has been certified in accordance with the limitations of the MTCR (Missile Technology Control Regime, an informal and voluntary partnership between 34 countries to prevent the
Testing
This video is now available of the Hyperion, which was first presented at the University of Colorado Aerospace Engineering Design Symposium on April 15, which we wrote about earlier in March. It serves as a test-bed for research and development in the following focus areas: aerodynamics, structures and materials,
Testing
Aerobat Aviation Inc and Attopilot International have teamed up to add an autopilot to the innovative circular flying wing design. Aerobat Aviation, Inc was created to produce individual entities within the business that deploy and service systems based on the circular wing aircraft, called the "GeoBAT". The Company
Testing
A successful flight test of Rustom 1 Unmanned Aircraft was conducted on Monday of this week. Rustom 1 being developed by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a DRDO lab engaged in pioneering R&D work in the field of aeronautics. The aircraft has an endurance of 14 hours and