Cassidian is in discussions with the German Ministry of Defence concerning additional flight demonstrations under a programme to develop technology for future unmanned, surveillance and strike aircraft. Continue reading
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Insitu’s ScanEagle Flies Two New Turrets for Multi-Mission Sorties
Insitu Inc. announced that it is conducting field evaluation of two new turrets for its ScanEagle. Continue reading
National Aerospace Laboratory Partners with University to Open Unmanned Operator Training Centre in The Netherlands
Officials at the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) announced what it is calling “the first training centre in Europe for operators of unmanned aircraft systems.” Continue reading
Solar-Powered Silent Falcon
The Silent Falcon is a compact unmanned aircraft weighing a bit more than 20 pounds. It can run for hours on batteries and solar power and has a maximum wing span of 17 feet. Continue reading
Boeing Delivers Smaller, Lighter Radio Relay for UAS
Boeing has delivered production units of a smaller, lighter version of its Tactical Compact Communications Relay (TCCR), which allows a small unmanned aircraft to function as a tactical, range-extending communications repeater for military handheld radios. Continue reading
Boeing X-48C Blended Wing Body First-Ever Flight
The Boeing X-48C Blended Wing Body unmanned research aircraft took to the skies on its first-ever flight at 7:56 a.m. Pacific Time on August 7 from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Continue reading
Raytheon Pyros Bomb First Test Drop from Cobra UAS
Raytheon Company completed a successful warhead and guidance system test of its Pyros small tactical munition. The end-to-end test validated the weapon’s guidance modes (semi-active laser and global positioning system), its height-of-burst sensor, electronic safe and arm device, and multi-effects warhead. Continue reading
Sentient Kestrel Supports Australian Army in Afghanistan
With the second Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS) having recently arrived in Australia, Sentient announced that it has expanded its engagement with the Australian Army, providing additional Kestrel Land MTI licenses in support of the Shadow’s Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) operations. Continue reading