VTOL
The quadcopter-based contraption Insitu and Hood Technology have developed for launching the ScanEagle – the flying launch and recovery system (FLARES) – should be ready for production by late 2017. Insitu’s director of advanced development, Andrew Hayes, told Flightglobal at the AUVSI Xponential exhibition in New Orleans, Louisiana on 3 May,
Launchers
Robonic Ltd Oy of Finland (a subsidiary of Sagem – Safran) has delivered its fourth generation OHTO pneumatic launcher to Lockheed Martin, broadening Robonic’s portfolio of highly efficient pneumatic zero-point launchers for tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) as well as aerial targets. This launcher is smaller, more efficient and more
Video
Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 (VMU-1) conducts its first launch of an RQ-7Bv2 "Shadow" unmanned aircraft system at the Canon Air Defense Complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Saturday, March 26, 2016. Source: YouTube
Launchers
Robonic Ltd Oy (a subsidiary of Sagem - Safran) has delivered its tenth KONTIO MC2555LLR pneumatic launcher to Airbus Defence & Space (Direct Aerial Targets unit). This launcher reflects of the company’s drive to expand its range of products for the global target drone market. “The delivery of this
Launchers
The AVTO-01 Launcher is based on the patent pending Assisted Vertical Take-off technology developed by AMORES Robotics Ltd. in Hungary. This technology enables the vertical launch of fixed wing UAVs (RPAs) from small spots. Provides enough altitude to avoid bushes, camp accessories and even small trees. The launch is powered
Control Stations
A little more than a year ago, the team at FlyMotion Unmanned Systems decided it was time to develop a command and control vehicle for unmanned aerial systems. They saw a need in the UAS market for this type of product, which they released in the form of the rapidly
Research
An unmanned, electric, autonomous aircraft travelling at 75 kilometres per hour lands gently on the roof of a moving car. For the first time, researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have successfully demonstrated a technique developed for this purpose. The system is designed
Launchers
Insitu, the makers of the ScanEagle, last week debuted a new launching system that uses a quadcopter to carry the plane-shaped ScanEagle into the sky and release it into takeoff. Later, when the Eagle is done flying, the quad-copter catches it in mid-air and returns to the ground. Normally, a
Launchers
Robonic Ltd Oy of Finland (Sagem / Safran) and Lockheed Martin of the United States have signed an agreement to develop a smaller, more efficient and transportable fourth‐generation pneumatic launcher for drones, called OHTO. Under the terms of this agreement, OHTO will be part of the ground support equipment (GSE)
Launchers
The UAE Drones for Good Award, launched by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, during the second Government Summit last February, has received more than 800 local, Arab and international entries. The award, which aims to make
Testing
A shipboard-capable system designed to support both the launch and recovery of the Scan Eagle successfully completed final demonstration flight testing Sept. 27 at a testing range in eastern Oregon. Sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Compact Launch and Recovery System (CLRE) will provide a small-scale solution
Launchers
L-3 Communications' services unit will provide the US Navy with engineering support for military landing systems and combat unmanned aircraft system programmes, the Defense Department announced on Friday. The company won a $14.49 million contract to provide the branch with technical assistance, software development, prototyping, integration and maintenance