Accidents
Details are emerging regarding the shot down of several Azerbaijani An-2 aircraft during the ethnic and territorial conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. Fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces has erupted again over the disputed separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. During the new phase of conflict were shot down several Soviet-era An-2 biplane agricultural
Commercial
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (MBS) has implemented drone technology as part of the stadium’s holistic cleaning protocol. As a continued leader in innovation, MBS has partnered with Lucid Drone Technologies, a cutting-edge company based out of Charlotte, NC, that offers D1 disinfecting drones in order to sanitize key areas in a
Business
Aerovironment Inc, Simi Valley, California, was awarded an $8,371,332 firm-fixed-price contract for a Puma unmanned aircraft systems, initial spares, contractor logistics support, reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition, vampire and kestral software, launchers and new equipment training. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be
Propulsion
Porterbrook and the University of Birmingham welcomed Rt. Hon Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State for Transport, aboard HydroFLEX, Britain’s first hydrogen powered train, as it started operational trials on the mainline railway on September 30.The start of mainline testing is the culmination of almost two years development
Electronic Systems
UK technology company RelmaTech offers a new method for tracking drones and manned light aircraft to be identified in the airspace. “While ADS-B is a well-established technology for the identification and tracking of manned aircraft, it has several severe limitations,” says Philip Hall, RelmaTech’s Co-Founder and CEO. “Not only
Military
AeroVironment, Inc. has announced the introduction of its family of loitering missile systems, featuring the new Switchblade 600. Switchblade 600 builds on the battle-proven track record of Switchblade 300 to define a new category of extended range loitering missiles. The U.S. Army recently awarded AeroVironment a $76 million contract
Business
Liteye Systems, Inc. announced the opening of a new location in Tampa, FL to accommodate rapid growth and support the needs of its customers globally. In addition to the corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility in Centennial, CO and a supporting UK office, the new location will bring the company’s
Testing
A vision of what future critical medical response could look like was simulated on NASA’s second flight of the Systems Integration and Operationalization (SIO) demonstration Sept. 28 with partner Bell Textron Inc.. The SIO demonstration activity is a partnership with the FAA and industry partners to conduct demonstrations of
News
Lockheed Martin has recently released an animated video in which it had revealed how the future warfare may possibly look like. The animated video which runs for about two minutes 50 seconds shows how a tactical airborne laser pod fitted in a F-16 fighter aircraft takes down a hostile missile
News
The Convair B-36 'Peacemaker' was a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 is the largest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft ever built. It had the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft ever built, at 230 ft. The
Electronic Systems
In conjunction with the Air National Guard (ANG), the Air Force Reserve Command Test Center (AATC) and Ultra Electronics, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) successfully completed initial operational assessment of the Rosetta Echo Advanced Payloads (REAP) pod on an MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). The first REAP flight
Commercial
AeroVironment, Inc. announced a teaming agreement with Robotic Skies, a global maintenance, repair, and overhaul network for UAS, to provide field maintenance, inspection and repair support for AeroVironment customers. Robotic Skies, through teaming agreements with companies such as AeroVironment, provides UAS fleet operators with local, aviation-grade maintenance services. The company