Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience

GA-ASI Starts SeaGuardian Validation Flights in Japan

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. kicked off a series of validation flights on Oct. 15 for Japan Coast Guard (JCG) in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. GA-ASI is working with Asia Air Survey (AAS) in Japan to conduct the flights. Continue reading →

Gazprom Tests Unmanned Cargo Helicopter at Arctic Fields

For the first time in Russia, an unmanned aerial system was tested at the Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye oil and gas condensate field (Gydan Peninsula, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) designed to deliver heavy and oversized cargo in the Arctic. 

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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 →