The US Customs and Border Protection agency just posted this video showing its new Unmanned Aircraft Systems specifically designed to patrol over open water. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
US Navy BAMS UAS Programme First Radar Flight
Northrop Grumman surrogate Gulfstream aircraft at a California test site- Photo: Northrop Grumman
Marking significant advancement in its maritime surveillance programme, the U.S. Navy recently began test flights on a radar system destined for an unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
Insitu Integrator Maiden Flight with US Marines
Marines witnessed the first flight of the service’s newest small unmanned aircraft on January 22 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California. Continue reading
US Customs and Border Protection Wants to Test UAS Surveillance of Humans Over Southwest Desert
The US Customs and Border Protection Agency is looking for a contractor that can help it evaluate the feasibility of using Unmanned Aircraft Systems to monitor the movement of possible human intruders into the United States along the U.S.-Mexican border. Continue reading
Aurora Flight Sciences Sells First Centaur to Switzerland
Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that the Swiss Department of Defence has become the first customer for the Centaur Optionally-Piloted Aircraft. Continue reading
Microflown Avisa Mounts Acoustic Vector Sensors On Board Unmanned Aircraft
Discovery Channel attended a first test by Microflown AVISA, and the MicroAerialVehicle Lab from TU Delft, conducted at Vredepeel airbase.
A Skywalker unmanned aircraft was equipped with both a fish eye camera and an Acoustic Vector Sensor. Continue reading
US Navy Flight Tests Unmanned Refueling Capability
Calspan Learjet surrogate seen from the tanker operator station aboard an Omega K-707 tanker aircraft - Photo: US Navy
As part of the Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) programme, the US Navy and industry partner Northrop Grumman have been developing Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) technologies to refuel unmanned aircraft in flight. Continue reading
MBDA Continues Live Saber Guided Bomb Flight Tests – Prepares to Weaponise Shadow
MBDA will begin a new round of live flight tests of its Saber guided bomb – one solution for weaponising the Shadow – later this year, according to Doug Denneny, the company’s Vice President of Business Development. Continue reading