The Apache AH-64 attack helicopter has reached a major milestone with the successful live-fire test of the 30x113mm XM1225 Aviation Proximity Explosive (APEX) round at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
GA-ASI Achieves New Milestone with Semi-Autonomous CCA Flight
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. reached a new milestone this month by integrating third-party mission autonomy into its YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) and completing the aircraft’s first semi-autonomous airborne mission. Continue reading
DZYNE’s ULTRA Turbo Achieves Historic 60-Hour, High-Altitude Flight
DZYNE Technologies announced a breakthrough in unmanned aerial system (UAS) performance as its flagship ULTRA Turbo completed a mission-representative flight achieving 60 hours at 25,000 feet while sustaining 100 knots true airspeed (KTAS). Continue reading
Kratos, NCSIST Team Successfully Test Integrated Mighty Hornet IV System Kratos, NCSIST Team Successfully Test Integrated Mighty Hornet IV System
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and Taiwan’s NCSIST have successfully tested the integrated Mighty Hornet IV attack UAV—an upgraded MQM-178 Firejet target drone—validating the NCSIST payload and mission system without requiring design changes. Continue reading
Airbus and Singapore Successfully Complete HTeaming Flight Trials
– Airbus and Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) have completed a pioneering HTeaming flight campaign at a Singapore airbase, marking the first time an Airbus Flexrotor unmanned aerial system (UAS) operated alongside the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s (RSAF) H225M helicopter. Continue reading
AeroVironment Launches BVLOS Airspace Facility for US Air Force
– AeroVironment, Inc. (AV), a global defence technology company delivering software-enabled autonomous systems, and CAL Analytics, an innovator in advanced airspace management technologies, announced the completed installation and initial operation of a new Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) airspace management facility at the National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence (NAAMCE) at Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport in Springfield, Ohio. Continue reading
UK Royal Navy Helicopters Control Drones in Flight in UK First
The crew of a Wildcat from 815 Naval Air Squadron received information almost instantaneously from two small surveillance drones (a Puma and a Providence), and data from other ground-based sensors to target a moving vehicle via a multi-node mesh network, at times over the horizon and beyond line of sight. Continue reading
MQ-25A Stingray First Taxi Test
The initial production representative MQ-25 Stingray tanker drone for the U.S. Navy has completed its first low-speed taxi test. Continue reading