Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. company, announced that the Aerosonde Unmanned Aircraft System aboard the USS Miguel Keith, designated ESB 5, took its first operational flight. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
First Flight for GA-ASI Eaglet Air-Launched Effect
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. flew a new survivable Air–Launched Effect (ALE) for the first time as part of a flight demonstration based out of the Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah, on Dec. 8, 2022. The ALE, known as Eaglet, was launched from a U.S. Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). Continue reading
BT Tests Hydrogen-Powered HAPS to Deliver 5G Coverage to Rural Areas
BT Group and Stratospheric Platforms Ltd announced that they will test delivering mobile coverage using an innovative new antenna technology, designed to be mounted on a High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) aircraft. The trials, being conducted at BT’s global R&D headquarters at Adastral Park, aim to provide a solution to one of the final challenges of mobile connectivity – getting coverage to the hardest to reach areas. Continue reading
Future US Combat Drone Completes Ground Engine Test
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
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