Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience

Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 Successfully Demonstrates New Radar Capability In Canada

– Schiebel, in collaboration with MDA Space, has successfully demonstrated IMSAR’s NSP Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) with Ground and Maritime Moving Target Indication (GMTI and MMTI) capabilities during a one-week intensive trial at the Foremost UAS Test Range in Western Canada. Continue reading →

Kratos XQ-58A Demonstrates Collaborative EW and Kill Chain Closure at Emerald Flag 2024

– Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced the successful performance of a recent series of flight tests of the United States Marine Corps’ XQ-58A Valkyrie, manufactured by Kratos. These flights and exercises were conducted jointly earlier this year by Kratos, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Autodyne, the United States Marine Corps (USMC), the United States Navy, and the United States Air Force (USAF). Continue reading →

Droniq and Fraunhofer IFAM Complete 180 Km BVLOS Flight in Civil Airspace Over North Sea

As part of a project collaboration, Fraunhofer IFAM and Droniq GmbH successfully carried out a 180-kilometer drone flight from the Offshore Drone Campus Cuxhaven (ODCC) to Helgoland and back. For the first time, the safe integration of unmanned BVLOS flights over the sea was achieved in compliance with civil regulations and with the involvement of all relevant stakeholders. Continue reading →

Leonardo’s Falco Xplorer Completes Successful EUDAAS Demonstration

The European Detect and Avoid System (EUDAAS) demonstrator, integrated into Leonardo’s Falco Xplorer, completed its final test flight at Trapani airport, validating advanced sensors, digital flight controls and smart technologies for safe integration of large remotely piloted aircraft into European air traffic alongside other crewed and uncrewed aircraft. Continue reading →

Bayraktar TB3 UAV Successfully Continues Ship Tests

The Bayraktar TB3 UCAV, which made aviation history as the first unmanned aerial vehicle to take off and land on a short-deck vessel, is successfully continuing its shipboard tests. During its second flight test conducted on November 26th. aboard TCG Anadolu, cruising off the coast of Çanakkale, Bayraktar TB3 performed two more successful takeoffs and landings without using any landing support equipment. Continue reading →

Skunk Works Demonstrates Airborne Battle Management of AI-Controlled Aircraft

– Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, in partnership with Lockheed Martin’s Demonstrations and Prototypes organization and the University of Iowa’s Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL), showcased a crewed-uncrewed teaming mission where an airborne battle manager issued real-time commands to AI-controlled aircraft through a touchscreen pilot vehicle interface (PVI). Continue reading →