Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience

Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie Completes U.S Marine Corps Test Flight

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that the Marine Corps XQ-58A Valkyrie, a highly autonomous, low-cost tactical unmanned air vehicle successfully completed its first test flight October 3, 2023, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Kratos partnered with the Marine Corps, the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD (R&E)), the Naval Air Systems Command and Naval Warfare Center Aircraft Division to facilitate the ongoing research, development, test and evaluation of the Marine Corps XQ-58A Valkyrie. Continue reading →

Turkish UGV Test-Fires Kamikaze Drones

Turkey’s Havelsan Barkan 2 UGV demonstrated launching reconnaissance, surveillance, and kamikaze munitions on October 12. Continue reading →

BAE System Australia’s Long-Range Drone STRIX Passes Critical Design Review

BAE System Australia’s ambitious long-range drone, STRIX, has passed the company’s critical design review, and though it is slightly behind schedule for first flight, the company expects to provide an operational system for the self-funded aircraft in 2026. Continue reading →

US Office of Environmental Management Tests Radiation-Detecting Drone

A drone outfitted with radiation detectors recently underwent testing at the Portsmouth Site for potential future use as part of growing collaboration between EM and the state of Ohio. Continue reading →

Airbus Tests Naval UAS at Sea from a French Navy Frigate

Airbus Helicopters and Naval Group, in collaboration with the French Armament General Directorate, DGA (Direction génerale de l’armement), and the French Navy, have tested the SDAM demonstrator (Système de Drone Aérien Marine/ Naval Aerial Drone System) from a multi-mission frigate (FREMM). Continue reading →

First Australian Hydrogen Drone Flight

Swinburne University of Technology’s Aerostructures Innovation Research Hub (AIR Hub) has successfully completed the first flight of an Australian-developed hydrogen fuel cell electric powered VTOL drone. The flight test was achieved using AIR Hub’s innovative Small Hydrogen Aircraft Development & Evolution (SHADE) drone. Continue reading →

Northrop Grumman B-21 Begins Taxi Testing

The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider has begun taxi testing in at Northrop’s facilities at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, according to the US Air Force (USAF). Continue reading →

Raytheon’s KuRFS and Coyote Detect and Defeat UAS Targets at US Army Summer Tests

Raytheon, an RTX business, successfully demonstrated the capabilities of the Low, slow, small-unmanned aircraft Integrated Defense System, or LIDS, during the U.S. Army’s annual summer test period. Joining U.S. Army officials were representatives from a number of international allied ground forces who attended to witness the test events firsthand. Continue reading →