Engineers and scientists monitoring the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2, which was designed to fly at 20 times the speed of sound, lost contact with the vehicle midway through a scheduled 30-minute flight from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Category Archives: Accident Reporting
Fire Scout Was Downed by Gadhafi’s Forces
A US Navy unmanned aircraft that disappeared along the coast in central Libya in June was probably shot down by Colonel Gadhafi’s forces, a U.S. military investigation has concluded.
Lockheed Martin Unmanned Airship Down on Test Flight
An unmanned, remote controlled airship, launched from Akron, Ohio, crash landed Wednesday morning, just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
American UAS Shot Down Over Nuclear Site in Iran
The Iranian Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) claims to have shot down an American unmanned aircraft over the nuclear enrichment site of Fordo near the city of Qom.
Pakistan Navy UAV Crashes Near Refinery after Bird Strike
A Pakistani Navy unmanned aircraft crashed near an oil refinery, after hitting a bird in the country’s largest city of Karachi on Tuesday.
ISAF Unmanned Aircraft Crash in Afghanistan
An International Security Assistance Force remotely piloted aircraft crashed in eastern Afghanistan yesterday.
US Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout Crashes Over Libya
At 7:20 a.m. local time on June 21, a US Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout, which was flying over Libya’s central coast, lost contact with a command center and crashed, according to Navy and NATO officials.
Botswana Defence Force UAS Crash at Thebephatshwa
A Botswana Defence Force UAS crashed at Thebephatshwa Airbase last week after experiencing technical problems while in flight.