Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience

UAV Turbines’ Microturbine Engine Completes Successful First Flight

UAV Turbines, Inc. , a pioneer of microturbine technology,  announced the inaugural flight of its Monarch 5 engine, a first-of-its-kind microturbine propulsion system, at Griffiss International Airport. This new turboprop technology is engineered to provide mid-sized commercial and military unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) with a reliable, efficient, safe, heavy-fuel propulsion system. Continue reading

Unmanned Refuelling Aircraft Passes First Test Flight

The MQ-25 unmanned carrier-based test aircraft comes in for landing after its first flight, Sept. 19, 2019, at MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Ill.

The US Navy and Boeing successfully completed the first test flight of the MQ-25, the first operational carrier-based unmanned refueling aircraft, Sept. 19 from MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois. Continue reading

Payload Tests for XQ-58A Set for Early 2020

The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator, a long-range, high subsonic unmanned air vehicle completed its inaugural flight March 5, 2019 at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions expects to be on a contract before the end of September 2019 to integrate communications and autonomy payloads into its XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned air vehicle (UAV). Continue reading