Testing
The Naval Research Laboratory Vehicle Research Section has successfully completed flight tests for the Autonomous Deployment Demonstration (ADD) programme. The final demonstration took place on September 1 at the Yuma Proving Grounds, Yuma, Arizona, and consisted of a series of eight balloon-drops at altitudes of up to 57,000 ft.
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Indra made a flight demo of two of its unmanned aircraft - Mantis plane and the Pelican helicopter - at Villamartin aerodrome (Cadiz, Spain) during the European Robotics Week. The Mantis is the smallest model (2,10 meter wing) of the family of UAS developed by the company. The system,
Testing
Sagem (Safran group) has successfully completed a series of flight tests of its long-endurance unmanned surveillance aircraft, Patroller. These 14 test flights, carried out at the Istres air force base in southern France from September 19 to October 21, met the following objectives: * Qualification of the aircraft’s in-flight performance,
Testing
Boeing has been using Odense Airport in Denmark for test flights of small unmanned aircraft. The tests involved designing new technologies to make unmanned aircraft able to fly more predictably and efficiently. Boeing chose Odense for its test flights, because there is plenty of capacity at the airport and place
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Raytheon Missile Systems says that it has completed initial flight testing of its smallest air-launched guided weapon aboard a small unmanned aircraft. In a so-called captive-carry test in mid-September, the 12-pound Small Tactical Munition (STM) was flown aboard a Raytheon Cobra unmanned aircraft system at Yuma Proving Grounds, the company
VTOL
This video shows Schiebel's CAMCOPTER S-100 during a series of flights and trials onboard the French Navy’s new Gowind class OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel), L'ADROIT at the beginning of November. During the four days of operation in the Bay of Biscay, the CAMCOPTER carried out
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 to
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 fire
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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, then landed
Military
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 delivering
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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
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 through