Testing
Successful integrated test were performed this week by Israeli UAS system provider BlueBird and Swedish software company Imint. The test marks the near completion of joint software integration work being performed over the course of the last several months. Earlier this year BlueBird and Imint teamed together to integrate IMint’
Testing
Researchers at NASA's Langley Research Center have a new twist on an old saying, "Look Ma, no hands," when it comes to piloting a small plane -- thanks to a partnership with The MITRE Corporation and the University of North Dakota. The team is using a
Military
A self-exploding high-speed unmanned aircraft will be deployed within two years, which will target coastal artillery shells, long-range self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery and air-cushion vehicles. The state-funded Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) disclosed the current stage of developing “Devil Killer” striking short-range targets in precision in a seminar on the joint weapons
Testing
Cassidian is likely to conduct a fourth campaign of flight testing with its Barracuda unmanned aircraft technology demonstrator from around 2014, with the process to further develop its ability to operate the autonomous system in conjunction with other aircraft. "We are presently in discussions to come up with developments
Testing
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. announced that its Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper RPA has successfully completed 106 full-stop Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability (ATLC) landings, a first for the multi-mission aircraft. The milestone was first achieved with four ATLC landings on June 27 at the company’s Gray Butte Flight
Testing
With a small crowd of legislators and civic leaders observing, a nonprofit group launched a small, unmanned aircraft at the former runway at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, Montana early 0n Wednesday morning.Remotely controlled, the 30-pound Sandstorm plane with a 15-foot wing span performed a few silent loops
Testing
Military researchers working for the Pentagon have released video footage of one of its newest projects, the Legged Squad Support System LS3, and are touting the creation as a cyborg-style animal-drone that will aid troops across a variety of terrains. Scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA,
Data Links & Communications
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. just announced its successful participation in NATO’s Unified Vision (UV12) Trial at Orland Main Air Station in Brekstad, Norway, June 18-29. Sponsored by the NATO Joint Capability Group on Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (JCGISR), the Joint ISR (JISR)trial focused on the enhancing the
Testing
A little more than two years into it's engineering, manufacturing and development phase, the RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Air System (STUAS) entered developmental test at China Lake, California beginning with a 66-minute flight on Monday. During the initial developmental flight test at the weapons station on Sept. 10,
VTOL
A humanitarian group called Ideate recently tested UAS’ viability as a real-world delivery vehicle in one of the harshest, most brutal environments imaginable — Burning Man. When disaster strikes a developing nation, aid workers face a “last kilometre” problem. Medicine and supplies can generally reach cities, but it’s difficult to
Testing
AERIE just posted its first video showing prototypes of its IAV in development, as well as some flying and hovering footage released for the first time.The video begins with a hawk taking off, echoing the hawk in AERIE’s logo, striving to get as close to nature as it
Testing
Boeing just posted this video of its wind tunnel model shop in Seattle. Its a behind-the-scenes look at where small-scale versions of all future Boeing aircraft are built and tested. Source: YouTube