A French Air Force-led team has demonstrated the mid-flight handover of the command and control of a Mali-based Harfang to the aircraft’s base in Cognac, France, during an hour-long demonstration on 17 June.
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
UK Royal Navy Completes First Flight of ScanEagle UAS
Just 7 months after the Ministry of Defence ordered the system from Boeing Defence UK, ScanEagle took off from HMS Somerset in the Gulf. The system, which can be launched by a pneumatic catapult from Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels, is unarmed and used for real-time intelligence-gathering and reconnaissance only.
Allied Drones Debuts Twin Rotor HL12 “Iris” UAS
The newest UAV from Allied Drones is the HL12 “Iris”, a twin rotor craft that is designed to be 30% more efficient than helicopter-styled UAVs, and can be switched between gas or electric power on the same airframe. Continue reading
Global Hawk First Flight from Misawa
The RQ-4 Global Hawk made its first operational flight out of Misawa Air Base on June 6. The flight marked two milestones: the first time an RQ-4 mission has flown out of Japan, and the first operational mission flown out of a jointly-used civilian and military airfield. Continue reading
‘Fly and Dip’ UAS to Collect Water Samples for Analysis
The remote controlled systems – developed by Cardiff based BCB International can land on water with a ‘fly and dip’ system – will be used in a research programme by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s SENSEable City Lab to collect water samples for analysis.
French Flying Dune Buggy at Eurosatory
French start-up Vaylon hopes to sign up a business partner soon to help fund development and production of a flying dune buggy, an innovative vehicle going through flight trials with the French special operations forces, Chairman Jérôme Dauffy said.
MQ-8B Fire Scout Gets Long-Range Radar
Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy demonstrated a new multimode maritime surveillance radar on the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter that will drastically enhance long-range imaging and search capabilities for Navy commanders.
Solar Installer to Use UAS for Rooftop Inspections
Sol-Up USA has announced the use of a UAS to assess roof spaces, revolutionising photovoltaic (pv) system design and allowing for more optimised and precise calculations and measurements. The engineering and design process for solar pv systems often rely on satellite images. Newly constructed homes do not appear on satellite images until many months later – hence the needs for aerial views in these situations.