BAE Systems has announced its intention to re-fly the Mantis UAS Concept Demonstrator – this time in UK airspace. This will be the first flight of a UAS of this class in UK airspace. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
UAV Factory Penguin B Sets New 54 Hour Endurance Record for Mini-UAS
The UAV Factory team expanded the boundaries of the unmanned aircraft capability by performing a nonstop 54 hour and 27 minute flight of the Penguin B – the longest recorded flight for a mini-class unmanned aircraft.
Raytheon’s Purpose-Built UAS Bomb Ready For Live Tests
Raytheon’s new small tactical munition (STM), which the U.S. group claims is the first purpose-built weapon for tactical unmanned aircraft systems, could be in active service within a few months. Continue reading
Boeing Phantom Eye Needs New Nose Gear Design After First Flight
The Boeing Phantom Eye, a high-altitude, long endurance test bed, will require a nose gear redesign after the component snapped during the aircraft’s first landing at Edwards AFB, California. Continue reading
DARPA’s UAVFORGE Competition Ends Without Winner
Darpa announced that its UAVForge competition has ended — with none of the 140 teams emerging victorious in the quest to create a better unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
US Army Demonstrates Ground Based Sense and Avoid System
The US Army successfully validated the technology and capabilities of the Ground Based Sense and Avoid (GBSAA) System that will bring the Army one step closer to flying unmanned aircraft systems into national airspace.
NASA Auto-GCAS Flight Tests on DROID UAS Declared a Success
Project officials at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center are hailing the success of recent flights tests of a miniature automatic ground collision avoidance system (Auto-GCAS) for small unmanned aircraft, after the smartphone-assisted system repeatedly executed pull-ups or sharp turns of the test aircraft to avoid imminent impact with terrain in its flight path.
Pentagon Eyes UAS App Store
The US military has dozens of different types of UAS and each one has its own unique controller. And each of those various controllers flies a single robot. There’s no system that controls multiple UAS at once. One Pentagon office thinks that’s an archaic way of doing business.