Aurora Flight Sciences announced that from June 12-15, 2015 the company’s Centaur optionally piloted aircraft (OPA) flew multiple unmanned flights from Griffiss International Airport in Rome, New York.
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
World’s First Fuel Cell Multirotor
EnergyOr Technologies Inc., a developer of advanced PEM fuel cell systems, recently demonstrated what are believed to be the world’s first fuel cell powered and longest ever duration multirotor VTOL UAV flights, flying for a record 2 hours, 12 minutes and 46 seconds. Continue reading
US Defense Department to Develop UK Hoverbike
The dream of a manned, truly functional hoverbike is a step closer to reality after British and American engineers announced a deal with the U.S. Department of Defense to develop and build the vehicle in the States. Continue reading
Open Mission Systems Architecture Successfully Tested on Global Hawk
Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully flew a new Open Mission Systems (OMS) architecture on a NASA Global Hawk, demonstrating the ability to rapidly and affordably adapt new capabilities onto unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The new architecture implementation flight took place at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base.
Camcopter Completes Multi-Sensor Trials for Royal Australian Navy
Schiebel ́s CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) has in a series of flights between 2 and 12 June 2015 successfully demonstrated its multi- sensor capability to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and other Australian Government Departments.
South Korea Prepares for Unmanned Little Bird Demo
Boeing is currently working through the final clearances ahead of a planned demonstration of its H-6U Unmanned Little Bird (ULB) helicopter for the South Korean armed forces, a senior company official disclosed.
3D Printed UAVs with Embedded Circuitry
While we’ve seen how 3D printing has helped advance multiple industries ranging from modern consumer product design and development to medical applications including the process of 3D bioprinting living tissues to be implanted into humans, one area that has been seeing a large amount of development includes the use of 3D printing to design and fabricate Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Continue reading
Taranis UCAV Set for New Flight Tests
A third and possibly final series of flight tests planned for Britain’s Taranis unmanned combat air vehicle demonstrator is planned for later this year, according to the UK Ministry of Defence. Continue reading