Studies are underway at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, or ARL, to create a ‘super engine’ that could allow military ground vehicles, stationary power generators, and small unmanned aircraft, for example, to operate with the same kind of fuel. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
Composite Wing Developed for High-Altitude Perpetual Flight Unmanned Aircraft
Lehigh University (Lehigh, Pa., USA) reports that one of its engineers has developed a carbon fiber composite wing for use on an unmanned aircraft being designed for high-altitude perpetual flight.
Indonesia Develops UAS to Monitor Border Regions
A small green aircraft flew in the blue sky over the Halim Perdanakusuma airbase in East Jakarta on Thursday morning.
US Navy’s New ScanEagle Compact Launch and Recovery System Uses Compressed-Air Launcher
A shipboard-capable system designed to support both the launch and recovery of the Scan Eagle successfully completed final demonstration flight testing Sept. 27 at a testing range in eastern Oregon. Continue reading
Insitu Pacific Completes Maiden Flight of PicoSAR on Integrator
Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., has announced that it successfully conducted the maiden flight of the PicoSAR on the Integrator Tactical UAS. Continue reading
Stunning de Havilland Tiger Moth Aerobatics
Dave Phillips performs a stunning aerobatic routine in de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth ZK-BLI. Continue reading
PD-100 Black Hornet vs Quadrotor Helicopter – Comparing Two Nano RPAS Airframe configurations
When Prox Dynamics, Norway started the development of the PD-100 Black Hornet helicopter it performed a series of trade studies on different aircraft configurations: traditional single main/tail rotor (as the PD-100), coaxial rotors (such as the ProxFlyer), and quadrotors (commonly used in micro VTOL aircraft). Continue reading
US Department of Homeland Security to Evaluate Small UAS for Emergency Response
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will begin testing and evaluating small unmanned aircraft systems this month near Lawton, Oklahoma, under a federal and state initiative to study UAS applications for emergency response. Continue reading