Through a partnership that spans across the Atlantic Ocean, two UAS companies successfully executed Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) commercial operations in Norway and look to bring them to the United States. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
ADAMA Partners with Tactical Robotics on Ag-Cormorant
Global crop protection company ADAMA Ltd. has partnered with Tactical Robotics Ltd., an Israeli aerospace company, in a joint feasibility study for a High-Payload, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Aerial Spraying. Continue reading
US Marines’ Plywood Supply Drone in Flight Tests
LG-1K, developed by Logistic Gliders Inc under contract with DARPA and the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, is meant to be a very low-cost drone capable of being released from fixed-wing aircraft or helicopter. The plywood and aluminum drone is 10.4 feet long with a 23=foot wingspan. The LG-1K can carry up to 700 lb.s of supplies. It’s now flown twelve missions demonstrating its ability to glide—in some cases autonomously—to a landing zone with GPS precision. Continue reading
First Flight for Turkish Aerospace Anka-Aksungur
Turkish Aerospace Industries has released video of the first flight of its new twin-engine medium-altitude ANKA-AKSUNGUR MALE unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in flight. Continue reading
DARPA Reveals Details of CODE Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has given further details on the capabilities of its Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program aims to adapt and respond to unexpected threats for existing unmanned aircraft that would extend mission capabilities and improve U.S. forces’ ability to conduct operations in denied or contested airspace. Continue reading
First Flight for China’s Energy Battery-Powered UAV
The China-developed new energy battery-powered demonstration unmanned aerial vehicle, known as LQ-H, has conducted a successful maiden flight. Continue reading
City of Reno, Flirtey Get FAA Approval for Drone Delivery
Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve speaks during the March 8 press conference
Drone company Flirtey has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct drone delivery flights within the city of Reno. Continue reading
First Flight for Drone-sized Electric Aircraft
Case Western Reserve University professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering Vikas Prakash—along with state government and private partners—launched an otherwise unremarkable, single-propeller fiberglass airplane into the skies at Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport and waited to see how long it could fly before running out of juice. Continue reading