Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that it successfully completed a flight control test of a NASA Global Hawk from its Grand Sky facility near Grand Forks, North Dakota. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
Orbital Completes Test Flights with Insitu in Australia
Orbital Corporation Ltd has continued to demonstrate its progress and growth in the unmanned aerial vehicle market with flight testing of its world-class propulsion systems in conjunction with customer Insitu Pacific Pty Ltd, a division of Insitu Inc. and a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company. Continue reading
Singular Aircraft Performs Flight Demos of Fully Autonomous Flyox I in Dominican Republic
Singular Aircraft has been performing flight demonstrations of the brand’s flagship, fully autonomous UAV Flyox I in Barahona, Dominican Republic, over the span of 8 days. Continue reading
Zipline Tests Medical Supply Drones with US Military
During multinational forces exercises with the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and the Australian Defense Force (ADF), Zipline successfully forward-deployed to Australia to pilot its life-saving UAS technology. Continue reading
Norwegian UAS Consortium Performs 200km Flight Through Several Civilian Airspaces
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A recent experimental flight proves that unmanned aircraft can be used not only for short round trips, but also for long distance operations from airfield to airfield. This opens up brand new possibilities for long-range drone applications such as surveillance, monitoring, search and rescue operations and applications within transportation. Continue reading
Airborne Response Launches AirborneBeyond BVLOS UAS Testing Program at Latin America Locations
Airborne Response, a provider of Mission Critical Unmanned Solutions for industry and government, has unveiled its new AirborneBeyond program designed to provide UAS manufacturers and enterprise customers concierge-style, beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) testing capabilities outside of the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). Continue reading
C-Astral ATLAS C4EYE in Benchmark Trials with NATO
C-Astral, the Slovenia based integrator of small unmanned systems, has been successfully fielding its new mini UAS ATLAS C4EYE (Advanced Technology Light Acquisition/ATAK System) in a series of closed trials, involving the cooperation of manned, unmanned and NATO JTAC assets. Continue reading
Northrop Readies Hatchet Glide Munition for Platform Integration
Northrop Grumman has achieved a technical readiness level (TRL) 7 milestone with its Hatchet unpowered precision strike munition, following the completion of a campaign of live end-to-end guide-to-hit trials in August. The next milestone will be full platform integration. Continue reading