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Luis Avila, senior flight mechanic, prepares the Fire-X unmanned aerial system for a recent test at YPG (Photo by Mark Schauer)
The MQ-8B Fire Scout was the first UAS to land on a moving ship without being controlled by a ground-based operator and, five years later, a new version of the platform dubbed the Fire-X is currently undergoing test at YPG. Continue reading
Aurora Flight Sciences has revealed plans for future modifications of its 120 hour-endurance Orion. Continue reading
Iran's Karrar
Researchers at the Modern Technologies Engineering Collage of Tabriz University developed an unmanned aircraft, called the Shaparak (butterfly), which can fly at 15,000 feet and has a range of 20 km. Continue reading
Qinetiq has joined forces with Northrop Grumman to offer what it has described as a low-cost, short-term solution for an emerging Royal Navy requirement to field a vertical take-off and landing unmanned aircraft system (VTUAS). Continue reading
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has announced that the growth variant of the Rolls-Royce AE 3007H engine has successfully completed its US Air Force-funded flight test. Continue reading
MBDA has advanced development and test activities for its Fire Shadow loitering munition design, and is on track to deliver its first operational examples to the British Army in 2012. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. announced that it has completed initial testing of a new UAS open payload architecture in its Poway, California, System Integration Lab (SIL). Continue reading
The aerospace industry’s Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation & Assessment (ASTRAEA) programme is about to test wireless communication system designed to allow a UAS to securely send video footage and other information to its ground-based operator at the highest possible speed, even when it is out of direct range, and is also developing a device for sensing and avoiding aircraft in commercial airspace that is also undergoing testing. Continue reading