Military
Lea Greene, chief of public affairs at Grand Forks Air Force Base, and Bruce Gjovig said the line of retired unmanned aircraft, called “Block 20” Global Hawks, will be used to conduct hypersonic testing over the Pacific Ocean. Gjovig serves on the Grand Forks Base Retention Impact Committee (BRIC), and
Business
HyPoint, the company developing zero carbon-emission turbo air-cooled hydrogen fuel cell systems for aviation and urban air mobility, today announced that it has entered into a multi-phase collaborative development agreement with Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (PiAC), a pioneer in advanced rotorcraft and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) platforms and
Business
General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a $42,555,776 option (P00014) to previously awarded contract FA8620-19-C-2003 for MQ-9 Reaper contractor logistics support. The contractor will provide an additional period of support for the United Kingdom Royal Air Force. Work will be performed
C-UAS
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded $454,099 to Echodyne Corporation of Kirkland, Washington, to continue critical research and development on new radar systems using metamaterials. DHS awarded the funds through a Phase 5 Other Transaction Agreement with S&T’s
Video
The USSR Ekranoplan, or better known as the Caspin Sea Monster, was a giant ground effect aircraft that could hover above the seas. It was as big, used freighting new physics seemingly beyond then-current technology, And terrified the west. The United States, in a cold war fury, didn’t
Military
France has conducted its first airstrike from a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-9 Reaper Block 5 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the Ministére des Armées announced on 24 August. The airstrike on 17 August involved a French Air and Space Force (l'Armée de l'
Software
ANRA Technologies UK Ltd, a provider of integrated airspace, mission management and delivery systems for uncrewed aircraft, has announced the release of SmartSkies SORA, a fully integrated Specified Operations Risk Assessment capability that enables pilots to perform a risk assessment for operations in the ‘specific’ category per European Union Aviation
C-UAS
Officials of the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) in Arlington, Va., announced an $18.7 million contract to MZA Associates to develop the counter unmanned aerial vehicle (C-UAS) High Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS). MZA engineers will design, develop, deliver, integrate, test, and demonstrate a compact, portable,
Propulsion
Researchers led by the University of Tsukuba are using drone experiments to explore the possibility of launching rockets using a high-power beam of microwave radiation. Sending a rocket into space typically requires about 90% of the rocket’s initial weight to be fuel. This limitation could be overcome by
Business
PteroDynamics, an aircraft design and manufacturing company that develops innovative vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, has announced that it has secured a contract with Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) to deliver 3 VTOL prototypes for the Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS (BWUAS) program. In 2018, Military
Transport
White, with a wingspan of 4.5 meters and a capacity to carry 150 kilos of cargo. Those were the characteristics of an enormous drone that was put on show earlier this week by the National Police in the southern Spanish province of Málaga, in the Andalusia region. The latest
eVTOL
Dufour Aerospace published specification details on the Aero3, its flagship product. The Aero3 is a VTOL tilt-wing aircraft that will combine exceptional space, load and range for various transportation missions including most of today’s helicopter applications. This piloted, multi-purpose hybrid aircraft is a successor to the unmanned