The US Army’s development and integration of unmanned aircraft into its units has taken place mostly at entrenched bases in Afghanistan and Iraq, but new strategic guidance calls for lighter, more agile forces. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
Russian-assembled Searcher Test Flights
Russia’s Ural Works of Civil Aviation (UZGA) has performed the first flight of a locally-assembled Israel Aerospace Industries Searcher II unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
NASA’s X48-C Blended Wing Body Prototype – New Photos
The X-48 is a Blended Wing Body aircraft, which is something of a halfway house between a flying wing and a conventional airplane (i.e. one with a distinct fuselage and wings). Continue reading
TAI Anka Completes Test Flight Programme
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has announced that the Anka Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAS has completed the last flights of its acceptance test campaign. Continue reading
RAPTR Selected for sUAS Demonstrations for Robotic Aircraft for Public Safety Project
Tactical Electronics, supplier of the RAPTR UAS has been selected to participate in the upcoming sUAS demonstrations for the Robotic Aircraft for Public Safety (RAPS) project. Continue reading
Moth Navigation Studied to Improve Micro-UAS Flight
Moths are far better at video games than we might have thought. When navigating through a virtual forest, hawkmoths determine their route ahead of time depending on how much of the forest they can see. Mimicking their strategy might help us improve the flying ability of the micro-UAS now being built. Continue reading
DARPA & Rockwell Collins Embed GPS in sUAS
Engineers at Rockwell Collins and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are embedding GPS navigation capability onto radios and even small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Continue reading
Northrop Grumman and Pranalytica Develop Infrared Countermeasure Laser
Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced a new variant of the current All Semiconductor Airborne Laser Threat Terminator (ASALTT) product line that will house a high brightness and high power Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) module. Continue reading