Flirtey, a player in the commercial drone delivery industry, and Vault Health, a platform of supervised COVID-19 testing, announced they have successfully conducted drone deliveries of the first FDA authorized saliva based COVID-19 test. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
Boeing’s F-15EX Completes 90-Minute Test Flight
The new Boeing F-15EX fighter jet completed its first flight on February 2nd., paving the way for the early delivery of the first two jets to the U.S. Air Force later this quarter. The jet took off and landed from St. Louis Lambert International Airport, completing a 90-minute test flight before returning to the airport. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman and Ultra Demonstrate Unmanned Anti-submarine Warfare Capability
Northrop Grumman Corporation and UK-based Ultra Maritime equipped a modified, manned Bell 407 (acting as an MQ-8C Fire Scout surrogate) platform with Ultra sonobuoys, receiver and processor to complete an unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability demonstration. Continue reading
Hillwood and Bell Demonstrate Autonomous Package Delivery at Mobility Innovation Zone
Hillwood and Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, demonstrated a point-to-point unmanned aircraft system (UAS) package delivery in North Texas at the AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone. Continue reading
UK Evaluates Drone Swarms
A swarm of 20 drones, composed of 5 different types, with different operational capabilities has recently completed the largest collaborative, military focused evaluation of swarming Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in the UK. Continue reading
Thales and H3 Dynamics Test Real Time Traffic Control
In December 2020, H3 Dynamics and Thales jointly trialled a real-time autonomous drone flight monitoring system in an urban environment in Singapore. The trial combined H3 Dynamics’ DBX autonomous drone charging box and a drone electronically registered and identified using Thales’ Remote Identification tracker under the management and monitoring of the Thales UAS Airspace Management solution. Continue reading
Aerovel Flexrotor Speeds Through SOCOM Reliability Demonstration
Aerovel, makers of Flexrotor, an advanced Group 2 unmanned aerial system (UAS) with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL), has announced strong reliability results for its latest Flexrotor variant. In demonstrations conducted for SOCOM (United States Special Operations Command) missions, Aerovel demonstrated over 150 cycles on the latest Flexrotor variant. Continue reading
Raytheon’s Maritime Surveillance Systems Flight Tested on SeaGuardian for Japan Coast Guard
Japan’s Coast Guard recently completed successful flight testing of Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, maritime surveillance technologies onboard a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft . Continue reading