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Northrop Grumman Corporation continues flight tests of the first developmental multifunction active sensor (MFAS) radar destined for the U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS). The MFAS sensor has been integrated into the company's Gulfstream II test-bed aircraft based in
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Propulsion by a novel jet engine is the crux of the innovation behind a University of Colorado Boulder-developed aircraft that’s accelerating toward commercialisation. Jet engine technology can be small, fuel-efficient and cost-effective, at least with Assistant Professor Ryan Starkey’s design. The CU-Boulder aerospace engineer, with a team of
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This video* shows China's Sunward Tech Star-lite SVU200 vertical take-off and landing unmanned aircraft during its maiden flight. The video is compiled from segments of the first test-flights of the Heavy-Lift SVU200, designed and built by Mr. Dennis Fetters with help from Mr. James Luo and Mr. David
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced the successful demonstration of an early prototype of its Due Regard Radar on a manned aircraft. The Due Regard Radar is a company-funded system that supports GA-ASI’s overall radar-based airborne sense-and-avoid architecture for its Predator B UAS. “The successful demonstration of our
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Since the capture of the US RQ-170, Tehran has been using the media to display its capability to reverse engineer or build its own unmanned aircraft. However, some of them seem to be modified radio-controlled models rather than real UAS. Anyway, those made by the students at the Nasr Toosi
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Microdrones staged this stunt in a film studio using Urs Meier, a former FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) soccer referee as an impartial judge, to demonstrate the long endurance of its md4-1000. The microdrone md4-1000, which is the "flagship" of the product line of microdrones, achieved the
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Two Emirati students at Dubai Men's College have built one of UAE's first home-grown unmanned aircraft. Khalil Al Beloushi, 37, is living proof that it is never too late to build a better future. Having dropped out of secondary school to take up government employment, the
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Israel Aerospace Industries' Heron was recently demonstrated successfully and according to the plan, this time in Greece, as part of a demonstration held by the European Union agency, Frontex. During the demonstration a number of IAI payloads were employed successfully to detect potential targets, for monitoring anti-smuggling and other
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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is finalising development of C²Strike - a command, communication, surveillance and strike integrated system designated for tactical use and based on the Panther UAS special capabilities. C²Strike system opens new and groundbreaking capabilities for the tactical maneuvering force in defense and strike missions. Panther&
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When HMCS Charlottetown deployed to the Mediterranean Sea for Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR, she took with her a potent surveillance and reconnaissance capability that is new to Canadian warships: the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft, a small, low-cost, long-endurance UAS built by Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing. Among her many tasks during this
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BAE Systems has for the first time successfully demonstrated the ability for an unmanned aircraft to recover to an airfield that is unfamiliar to its mission system. The demonstration – conducted at West Sale in Victoria – was conducted by a Kingfisher 2, and also saw the vehicle successfully integrate into nearby
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Innocon's MicroFalcon mini UAS has completed flight tests at extreme weather conditions. The MicroFalcon operated successfully under a snow storm at -15 Celsius, and a 35 knots wind velocity. "We are proud of the MicroFalcon mini UAS system. It has demonstrated its long endurance, wide-area surveillance capability