Pratt & Whitney has completed a trial run of its EcoPower engine wash on U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawks. Testing was held at Naval Base Coronado, Calif., and was the first military test of the product.
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Two New Unmanned Helicopters from Scion Aviation
Scion Aviation has unveiled two new unmanned helicopters designed to challenge the Saab Skeldar and Schiebel S-100 in bids for US contracts.
New Software Verification Tools: Mathematical Proof Techniques, Automated Requirements Tracing
Approaches to software verification tools are widely varied, but tend to segment into static tools, which work with the source code itself, and dynamic test tools, which execute the code with test cases to verify that the software works correctly. New kinds of dynamic software code verification tools seek to automate the process of following software verification requirements.
Roke Manor & NIITEK form US Partnership for MRA Radar Technology
Roke Manor Research has formed a partnership with its sister company NIITEK (Non-Intrusive Inspection Technology, Inc.) to sell Roke’s Miniature Radar Altimeter (MRA) system in the USA.
Reaper Crash Lands at Holloman US Air Force Base
Officials with the 49th Wing of the US Air Force announced that a remotely piloted MQ-9 Reaper sustained damage during landing at Holloman Air Force Base at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 24.
Integrating UAS into NextGen Systems
MITRE released this video explaining what it is doing to help unmanned aircraft operate safely in the national airspace by integrating them into the FAA’s air traffic control system.
US Geological Survey to Use Unmanned Flights To Monitor River Erosion On Indian Reservation
The US Geological Survey will use unmanned aircraft flights to monitor river bank erosion on the Lower Brule reservation on the west bank of the Missouri River in central South Dakota in the United States.
GE HD Video Streaming Appliance is Optimized for Unmanned Aircraft
GE Intelligent Platforms announced the daq8580 rugged streaming network appliance, designed in response to the growing requirement for unmanned aircraft to capture, process and transmit increasing quantities of video information at increasing resolutions.