Testing
GA-ASI Starts SeaGuardian Validation Flights in Japan
The SeaGuardian flights will validate the wide-area maritime surveillance capabilities of RPAS for carrying out JCG’s missions, from search and rescue to maritime law enforcement.
Testing
Propulsion
Bayraktar Akinci Completes Asymmetric Thrust Tests
The Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA's flight tests continue. High and Medium Altitude Asymmetric Propulsion Test has also been successfully completed, according to official statements. The second prototype of the Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA (Attack Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), developed by BAYKAR with domestic and national facilities, continues the flight tests successfully,
Military
Bayraktar Akinci Completes Asymmetric Thrust Tests
The Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA's flight tests continue. High and Medium Altitude Asymmetric Propulsion Test has also been successfully completed, according to official statements. The second prototype of the Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA (Attack Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), developed by BAYKAR with domestic and national facilities, continues the flight tests successfully,
Transport
Gazprom Tests Unmanned Cargo Helicopter at Arctic Fields
For the first time in Russia, an unmanned aerial system was tested at the Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye oil and gas condensate field (Gydan Peninsula, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) designed to deliver heavy and oversized cargo in the Arctic. The unmanned helicopter "Tiber" KAGU-150 has successfully completed several flights
Transport
Gazprom Tests Unmanned Cargo Helicopter at Arctic Fields
For the first time in Russia, an unmanned aerial system was tested at the Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye oil and gas condensate field (Gydan Peninsula, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) designed to deliver heavy and oversized cargo in the Arctic. The unmanned helicopter "Tiber" KAGU-150 has successfully completed several flights
Testing
India's Rustom-2 Completes 8-Hour Flight Test
Overcoming the initial program setbacks, the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) last week flight tested the Rustom-2 medium altitude long endurance indigenous prototype drone and achieved eight hours of flying at an altitude of 16,000 feet at Chitradurga, Karnataka. The prototype is expected to achieve a height
Testing
India's Rustom-2 Completes 8-Hour Flight Test
Overcoming the initial program setbacks, the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) last week flight tested the Rustom-2 medium altitude long endurance indigenous prototype drone and achieved eight hours of flying at an altitude of 16,000 feet at Chitradurga, Karnataka. The prototype is expected to achieve a height
VTOL
UMS SKELDAR Performs First Automatic Flight of V-150
UMS SKELDAR has successfully achieved the remote automatic flight of its V-150 Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) platform. The successful automatic flight of the V-150 has been performed across multiple continents, with the platform itself based in Switzerland and observed by team members onsite. This breakthrough achievement
Testing
UMS SKELDAR Performs First Automatic Flight of V-150
UMS SKELDAR has successfully achieved the remote automatic flight of its V-150 Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) platform. The successful automatic flight of the V-150 has been performed across multiple continents, with the platform itself based in Switzerland and observed by team members onsite. This breakthrough achievement
Testing
RAF Tests Drone Swarms Against Air Defenses
Leonardo, in a joint partnership with the Royal Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO), successfully conducted a live trial of a ‘swarming drones’ capability. During the demo, a number of small, remotely-piloted aircraft equipped with Leonardo’s powerful electronic warfare (EW) jamming technology were used to confuse and
Military
RAF Tests Drone Swarms Against Air Defenses
Leonardo, in a joint partnership with the Royal Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO), successfully conducted a live trial of a ‘swarming drones’ capability. During the demo, a number of small, remotely-piloted aircraft equipped with Leonardo’s powerful electronic warfare (EW) jamming technology were used to confuse and
Commercial
AeroVironment Successfully Completes Sunglider Solar HAPS Stratospheric Test Flight
AeroVironment, Inc. announced that the Sunglider solar-powered high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) achieved key test milestones, including reaching an altitude of more than 60,000 feet above sea level and successfully demonstrating mobile broadband communication. Sunglider’s development and testing is funded by HAPSMobile Inc., a joint venture majority-