The most secretive piece of airspace in Australia – the RAAF-run Woomera flight test range in South Australia – will make history later this year when BAE’s Taranis makes its maiden test flight above the desert. The rocket range is the second busiest launch pad in the world after NASA’s Cape Canaveral in Florida. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
NAB Vegas As Seen by DJI Phantom Vision UAS
Ever wondered what NAB Vegas looked like through the eyes of a fully stabilized flying camera? The footage above shows the Las Vegas strip and from inside the NAB exhibit hall. Continue reading
Nitrofirex Presents UAS Able to Fight Forest-Fires at Night
Spanish company Nitrofirex presented the first version of an unmanned aircraft capable of combating forest fires at night at the Aerial Firefighting Europe Forum held in Aix-en- Provence (France) on April 10/11. Continue reading
US Navy Laser Canon Blasts UAS Out of the Sky
The Laser Weapon System (LaWS) temporarily installed aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) (shown here conducting an operational test) in San Diego, California, is a technology demonstrator built by the Naval Sea Systems Command from commercial fiber solid state lasers, utilizing combination methods developed at the Naval Research Laboratory. Continue reading
First Maritime Flight of RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System
Insitu Inc. announced the successful first maritime flight of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) RQ-21A. The nearly two-hour flight launched from the USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) after three months of land-based development testing and operational assessment. Continue reading
Indonesian Domestic UAS Manufacturer R-BOTIX
Indonesia’s domestic UAS manufacturer R-BOTIX is part of the AeroTerrascan company, which specialises in providing a high-resolution orthomosaic aerial photos of landscapes, crop/plantations, forests, mining sites, buildings, assets, places or events with its small UAS technology. Continue reading
NASA UAVSAR Mission Prepares for Global Hawk Port
The NASA Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) is concluding a month-long scientific mission over the Americas this week, studying questions that range from the dynamics of Earth’s crust to the carbon cycle. Continue reading
US Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Completes 600 Flight Hours
The U.S. Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter surpassed another milestone in March when the MQ-8B Fire Scout helicopter completed its 600th deployed flight hour while embarked on USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG 49). Continue reading