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With the BionicOpter, Festo has applied the highly complex characteristics of the mechanics of dragonfly flight to an ultra-lightweight flying object at a technical level. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
US Navy Plans to Place Four UCLASS Development Contracts
The US Navy has announced its intention to fund four companies to design new unmanned aircraft as part of its unmanned carrier-launched airborne surveillance and strike (UCLASS) programme. Continue reading
AgustaWestland “Project Zero” All-Electric Tilt Rotor Technology Demonstrator
The revolutionary AgustaWestland “Project Zero” all-electric tilt rotor technology demonstrator, designed, built and tested in twelve months, was officially unveiled just prior to the Heli-Expo 2013 in Las Vegas, USA. Continue reading
Rockwell Collins Tactical Targeting Network Technology in X-47B UCAS Deck Trials
Rockwell Collins Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) was used by Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy as they successfully completed a series of deck handling trials of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75). Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Team for UAS Technolgy Park at Grand Forks Air Force Base
Northrop Grumman has committed to be an anchor tenant at an enhanced use leasing project focused on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) technology and training at Grand Forks Air Force Base that a partnership composed of multiple groups is working toward. Continue reading
MQ-8B Fire Scout Exceeds 8,000 Flight Hours Aboard USS Bradley
The US Naval Air Systems Command has confirmed that an MQ-8B Fire Scout assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22 Detachment 5, has completed over 8,000 flight hours. Continue reading
Unmanned Aircraft Systems at NASA Dryden
NASA just published this video compilation of the various Unmanned Aircraft Systems deployed at Dryden. Continue reading
MLB’s VTOL UAS Gets DARPA Grant to Demonstrate Autonomous Payload Placement
MLB Company announced that it has concluded a DARPA funded research project to demonstrate precision autonomous delivery and placement of payload using its vertical take-off and landing UAS, the V-Bat.