VTOL
Schiebel's CAMCOPTER S-100 successfully completed a series of flights and trials onboard the new Gowind class OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel), L'ADROIT at the beginning of November, under the command and control of the French Navy. The L'ADROIT, built by DCNS and handed over
Testing
At a live fire laser demo at the Rheinmetall’s Ochsenboden proving ground in Switzerland recently, international guests were able to view two laser weapon demonstrators in action, each featuring different performance parameters. A 10-kW laser was integrated into an air defence system consisting of an Oerlikon Skyguard 3
Testing
The second X-47B completed a successful first flight on November 22. Air Vehicle 2 (AV-2) took off under hazy skies from Edwards Air Force Base at 12:43 p.m. PST, climbed rapidly to an altitude of 5,000 feet, flew several racetrack patterns over Rogers Dry Lake,
Testing
An ANKA unmanned aircraft developed by TAI was flown for six hours for tests last Thursday, reaching a maximum height of 6,000 meters. According to officials, the unmanned aircraft passed all 240 tests undertaken during the flight and take-off and landing was done on autopilot. TAI will start
Testing
Direct laser sintering (DLS) is seeing rapid uptake in the construction of unmanned aircraft. DLS is an additive manufacturing (AM) technique that can produce some of the most durable high-quality products around. Aerospace manufacturers -- along with numerous users in the medical sector -- are taking advantage of AM to produce
Testing
Sinclair UAS Training and Certification Center just posted this video of a recent UAS testing session at Indiana's Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. A ten-member team of professionals and trainees assembled on site to test Sinclair's UAS, beginning with a systems operation overview and
Testing
A recently launched research project involving researchers at Bristol University and UK aerospace company Cobham is attempting to solve the problem of entirely autonomous aerial refuelling. The project is actually one facet of the wider ASTRAEA (Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation and Assessment) programme, which aims to open up
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
Testing
Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Multi Sensor Detect Sense and Avoid (MSDSA) programme successfully completed its first airborne demonstration using a prototype, x-band radar sensor. This new Sense And Avoid (SAA) sensor repeatedly detected and tracked airborne intruders resulting in over 60 seconds of avoidance time. “The MSDSA sensor incorporates
Testing
World Surveillance Group Inc. has announced that that free flight testing and customer demonstrations of the Argus One will take place at the US Department of Energy Nevada Test Site ("N2S2") in early December 2011. These flight tests and demonstrations at N2S2 are being sponsored by the US
Research
A team of seven students from the Terrassa School of Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering (ETSEIAT) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. BarcelonaTech (UPC) have developed the technology for flying the Solar Endeavour UPC, Spain's first photovoltaic-powered plane built by students. The project's main goal was
Testing
NASA's Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment, or ATTREX, will conduct this research over the Pacific Ocean from three locations in 2013 and 2014. A consortium of scientists are in the early stages of preparation for a multi-year airborne science campaign to study the humidity and chemical composition of