Military
The US Army and AAI have established a specialist team to determine the root cause of an engine issue that has affected the service's RQ-7B Shadow 200, resulting in several platforms failing during operations over Afghanistan. Speaking to Jane's in late November, the army'
Propulsion
Queensland University of Technology Ph.D. student Wesam Al Sabban has designed an unmanned aircraft that would be powered by the sun and wind. “While all airplanes mimic the shape of birds, the Green Falcon II will literally use the wind to power its movement, just as a bird would,
Military
L2 Aerospace’s Instant Eyes is a 9-inch UAS, can be set up and launched in about 20 seconds, reaching up to 2,500 feet high. When it hits its target altitude, it deploys a sensor platform with a parachute, which takes five-megapixel images of the ground below
Propulsion
The Cubewano range of UAS engines has been developed from the ground up to meet the demanding requirements of the world's military and aerospace organisations. All engines are manufactured to AS9100 quality standards, with full traceability to ensure consistent quality levels and to meet aerospace requirements. These are
Propulsion
Pratt & Whitney's F100-PW-220U engine and exhaust system have successfully powered the first flight of the second Northrop Grumman X-47B flight test aircraft. The flight of the tailless, autonomous aircraft known as Air Vehicle 2 (AV-2) took place at Edwards Air Force Base on
Propulsion
British engine maker Cubewano has adapted a heavy fuel UAS engine to create Hornet -- a lightweight portable generator weighing just 28 lbs (12.7 kg) and producing one kilowatt of power. Light enough to be carried by one person, Hornet will run on almost any fuel including JP8 heavy fuel,
Propulsion
QinetiQ’s Zephyr team has been honoured by the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) for their world record breaking work on a High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft by winning both the awards for Emerging Technologies and Product Design at the prestigious IET Innovation Awards event held in
Research
King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, said Arabia is to enter unmanned aircraft systems technology with the signing of an agreement with Japan’s Tokai University, Tokyo and the British Cranfield University.The agreement is to design and build UAS powered by solar energy. The signing ceremony took place at the
Commercial
Moller International, Inc. has awarded Space Science Corporation (SSC) a distributorship with exclusive rights in New Mexico following the completion of a market survey at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS). "Space Sciences Corporation is a young aggressive firm and their approach to business holds many
VTOL
At the end of October 2011, Thomas Senkel of e-volo made the first manned flight with an e-powered multicopter at an airstrip in the southwest of Germany. The flight lasted one minute and 30 seconds, after which the constructor and test pilot stated: "The flight characteristics are
Propulsion
Brock Technologies Incorporated has teamed with Ultra Electronics Precision Air Systems to integrate an impressive and capable propulsion technology, the DF-70 - a heavy fuel, fuel injected, internal combustion engine that is capable of operating on different fuels for extended periods of time. After a short period of very successful
Propulsion
The LaserMotive system transmits laser light from a ground station to a photovoltaic receiver on a UAV. Reflected light from the UAV is then captured and used to monitor its position and dynamically control the laser to deliver the power to the correct position Recently, at the Future of Flight