Blue Force Technologies and the Air Force Research Laboratory have successfully completed a ground test for a novel carbon fiber composite propulsion flowpath system for BFT’s Fury uncrewed fighter under the AFRL Bandit program. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
Turkey’s Jet UCAV Kızılelma Passes System Identification Test
Turkey’s first indigenously designed and produced unmanned fighter aircraft successfully passed the system identification test during its second flight. Continue reading
US Navy MQ-4C Triton Undergoes Anti-Ice Testing at Pax River
The MQ-4C Triton test team conducted the first flight to assess the unmanned aircraft system’s ability to fly with wing ice accumulation Jan. 25 at Patuxent River. Continue reading
Bayraktar DIHA VTOL Drone Completes Flight Test at 8,000 ft
Turkey’s Bayraktar vertical-landing unmanned aerial vehicles (DIHA) have successfully completed 8,000 feet operational altitude flight test, drone maker Baykar announced recently. Continue reading
Apple Watch Ultras Strapped to Drones Serve as Gunshot-Detection Systems
The Apple Watch Ultra has proven popular among divers, hikers, and just about everyone else — but now it is also being used to detect gunshots. Continue reading
GA-ASI Flies Multiple Missions with Artificially Intelligent Pilots
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. further advanced its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) ecosystem by flying three unique missions with artificially intelligent (AI) pilots on an operationally relevant Open Mission System (OMS) software stack. A company-owned Avenger Unmanned Aircraft System was paired with “digital twin” aircraft to autonomously conduct Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) multi-objective collaborative combat missions. Continue reading
GA-ASI Flies First M2DO MQ-9A Aircraft
On Nov. 10, 2022, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew the first production MQ-9A Multi-Domain Operations (M2DO)-ready variant of the U.S. Air Force MQ-9A Reaper. Continue reading
UAV Launched from Airbus A400M in Flight
Germany’s Bundeswehr, Airbus, the German Aerospace Center DLR, and German companies SFL and Geradts have jointly carried out the world’s first successful launch and operation of a Remote Carrier flight test demonstrator from a flying A400M. Continue reading