The Taranis UCAV concept demonstrator is currently sitting at the remote Woomera test centre in South Australia in preparation for a first flight scheduled for September, said the sources, who asked not to be named. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
NAVAIR Tests UAS Sensor Inter-Operability
Teams at Patuxent River, Md., led a demonstration June 18-20, 2013, to test technology for future unmanned aircraft system (UAS) platforms that will give warfighters the capability to access information necessary to complete their mission. Continue reading
US Marines Seek Commanders for UAS Missions
Officers who want a change of pace, and opportunity in a burgeoning community, can now apply for the fiscal 2014 unmanned aircraft system officer accession board. Continue reading
X-47B Self-Aborted Planned Third Landing Due to Sub-System Anomaly
A malfunction during the Navy’s high-profile test flight of its X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System showed that the aircraft can operate in adverse conditions, service officials said. Continue reading
Dry Cleaner Delivers Clothes by QuadCopter
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A freshly laundered shirt, covered in plastic, flaps in the wind as it takes flight from in front of Manayunk Cleaners in Philadelphia. Continue reading
First Arrested Landing of a Tailless Unmanned Aircraft Aboard an Aircraft Carrier
Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy have completed the first arrested landing of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) carrier demonstration aircraft on the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). Continue reading
UAS to Rescue Avalanche Victims
With flying time costing 2,000 euros per hour only the most prestigious ski resorts have a helicopter on stand-by. However and assuming the weather is favourable it remains the most effective search and rescue tool in the mountains. Continue reading
X-47B UCAS – Aviation History Under Way
Northrop Grumman just released this dramatic promotion clip of the historic first catapult launch of a U.S. Navy unmanned aircraft system from a carrier, May 2013. Includes touch-and-go sequences. Continue reading