The enhanced performance version prototype of the MUSECO (MUlti SEnsor COpter) unmanned helicopter accomplished a successful test flight on the 12th December 2012. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
Innocon Completes Spider UAS Qualification Flights
Innocon has completed a successful series of qualification flights with its newest micro unmanned aircraft system – the Spider. Continue reading
Lightning & Thunderbolt Test First Rocket Weapons
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Newsreel footage of first tests of rocket weaponry by the Lockheed P-38 Lightning and the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. Continue reading
MIT Develops Autonomous UAS Flight
“Computers do things more precisely and faster than humans,” says Mary “Missy” Cummings, associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT. “But we need humans to deal with uncertainty. It’s this combination that interests me.” Continue reading
New Zealand Police UAS Trial
New Zealand police are trialling unmanned aircraft – one has been bought and already been used twice in investigations and police will decide in the coming months whether to continue using them. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Gets $33M US Navy Fire Scout Radar System Testing Contract
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems is being awarded a $33,270,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the development, production, integration, and testing of nine radar systems on the MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Take-off and Landing Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicle. Continue reading
Dassault Flight Demonstration of nEUROn UCAV
On Wednesday December 19, Dassault Aviation organized a flight demonstration of the nEUROn at Istres for the French and foreign authorities involved in the programme. Continue reading
World Surveillance Group Demonstrates Blimp in a Box Aerostat for DOD
World Surveillance Group Inc. has announced that it has completed a demonstration of the Blimp in a Box (“BiB”) aerostat system for members of the Department of Defense and a defense partner. The demonstration was conducted in Florida and illustrated the BiB’s capabilities for mission critical applications. Continue reading