The X-47B (AV-2) conducted the 100th flight for the Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) programme at Patuxent River on Sept. 18. The Navy UCAS programme successfully completed all objectives for the carrier demonstration phase with the X-47B in July. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
US Navy Expands Surveillance Mission for Northrop Grumman BAMS-D
The US Navy will increase by 50 percent the monthly surveillance flights of a Northrop Grumman Corporation-built maritime unmanned demonstrator under a contract awarded September 6. The contract will allow Navy commanders to keep closer tabs on activities in the ocean and coastal regions of the Middle East. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Improves Key Triton Unmanned Aircraft Sensor
Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed more than 25 flight tests of the U.S. Navy Triton unmanned aircraft system’s (UAS) primary maritime surveillance sensor in preparation for its installation on the aircraft. Continue reading
Boeing Little Bird Completes Autonomous Landing Procedures
Lyle Chamberlain a Research Engineer at Near Earth Autonomy, shows how Boeing’s Unmanned Little Bird uses LIDAR to identify the best landing site. Continue reading
Boeing’s Phantom Swift X-Plane for DARPA
Boeing just posted this video of its Phantom Swift X-Plane prototype that was designed and built in less than a month. Continue reading
Aerobiologist Tacks Airborne Microbes with UAS
Aerobiologist David Schmale hunts killers. An associate professor of food safety and plant biosecurity at Virgina Tech, Schmale sends UAS armed with petri dishes into the atmosphere to capture airborne crop pathogens. Continue reading
Successful First Flight for Aurora Orion
Aurora Flight Sciences announced on Tuesday at the Air Force Association Air and Space Conference that the Orion Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) successfully completed its first flight on August 24, 2013. Continue reading
Onboard a BAE Jetstream 31 Unmanned Test Flight
BAE Systems granted CNN exclusive access to one of their unmanned test flights in early July, allowing passengers aboard for the first time in the process. Continue reading