Raytheon has successfully demonstrated the enhanced capabilities of its new CSP HD turret, a high definition electro-optical and infrared version of its Common Sensor Payload (CSP). Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
IAI Heron UAS Flies Across the Andes
Israel Aerospace Industries’ Heron has marked a new achievement last month when crossing the Andes during an operational flight demonstration held in a South American country. Continue reading
DARPA’s Pet-Proto Robot Navigates Obstacles
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In this video, the Pet-Proto, a predecessor to DARPA’s Atlas robot, is confronted with obstacles similar to those robots might face in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC). Continue reading
GA-ASI Successfully Tests Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)-Based Surveillance System on Guardian
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced the successful demonstration of an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)-based surveillance system that provides pilots with enhanced situational awareness and supports GA-ASI’s overall airborne sense-and-avoid architecture for its Predator B. Continue reading
Boeing Non-kinetic Missile Records 1st Operational Test Flight
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Directed Energy Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., successfully tested the Counter-electronics High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP) during a flight over the Utah Test and Training Range that was monitored from Hill Air Force Base. Continue reading
European UAS Sense-and-Avoid System to Begin Trial Flights by Year-End
First test flights are imminent for a European effort to develop an automated sense-and-avoid mid-air collision avoidance system that would help overcome safety concerns preventing use of unmanned aircraft in civilian airspace. Continue reading
R3 Engineering (R3E) Performs First Autonomous UAS ADS-B Collision Avoidance Demo
R³ Engineering LLC (R³E) is claiming the first ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast) based, fully autonomous collision avoidance sequence, executed by a sense and avoid system installed on an unmanned aircraft system. Continue reading
Aerosonde sUAS Logs 168 Flight Hours in the Antarctic
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems has announced today that its Aerosonde Small Unmanned Aircraft System logged 168 flight hours in the frigid, harsh climate of Antarctica, supporting meteorological research by the University of Colorado’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. Continue reading