Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience

India’s Rustom-2 Completes 8-Hour Flight Test

Overcoming the initial program setbacks, the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) last week flight tested the Rustom-2 medium altitude long endurance indigenous prototype drone and achieved eight hours of flying at an altitude of 16,000 feet at Chitradurga, Karnataka. Continue reading →

AeroVironment Successfully Completes Sunglider Solar HAPS Stratospheric Test Flight

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AeroVironment, Inc. announced that the Sunglider solar-powered high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) achieved key test milestones, including reaching an altitude of more than 60,000 feet above sea level and successfully demonstrating mobile broadband communication. Continue reading →

Wing Loong-2 Completes Communication Trials

echnicians conducting pre-flight tests on the Wing Loong-2

The China-developed Wing Loong-2 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has completed the country’s first large UAV-supported emergency communication exercise, announced its developer, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (Avic). Continue reading →

Successful Flight-Test of Decentralised Hybrid Midair Conflict Management System

Ciconia Ltd, an Israeli company specialising in mid-air conflict management systems, recently demonstrated C&CAS (Co-ordination and Collision Avoidance System) its UTM enabling technology ‘live in Harmony’ concept between a Helicopter and a Drone. Continue reading →

US Army Catches ‘Air-Launched Effect’ Drones in Mid-Air

Area-I Altius launching from UH-60 Black Hawk

The US Army for the first time caught and recovered Area-I Altius “air-launched effects” drones in mid-air using a quadcopter during Project Convergence exercises in August and September. Continue reading →