The first U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has completed a flight from California to Maryland. The UAS flew 11 hours from the Northrop Grumman Corporation facility in Palmdale to Naval Air Station Patuxent River to start its next phase of testing, moving the program closer toward operational assessment. Northrop Grumman is the prime contractor for the Navy’s MQ-4C Triton UAS program.
Category Archives: Military UAS
CyPhy Works Gets US Air Force Pocket UAS Contract
CyPhy Works has been awarded a contract by the U. S. Air Force to help improve search and rescue operations. Funded under the Rapid Innovation Fund, Extreme Access Pocket Flyer will address an existing capability gap in the remote inspection of small passageways and tunnels that are often – blocked by debris and rubble.
German May Provide UAS to Monitor Ukraine Cease-Fire
The German army is assessing whether to provide drones for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to monitor the fragile cease-fire in Eastern Ukraine, the German defence ministry said Tuesday. The German Defence Ministry has sent a team to southeastern Ukraine. France is also considering sending UAS. Continue reading
Russian Navy May Get VTOL UAS
Research and development company Radar MMS is waiting for the Russian Navy to place orders for its Breeze, a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned flying radar. Continue reading
US Navy Begins Testing Carrier-Based UAS Software
The US Navy has begun testing the software that eventually will control all of its maritime unmanned air vehicles and will initially be installed in the unmanned carrier-launched surveillance and strike (UCLASS) vehicle.
North Korean UAS Wreckage Found Near Border
The wreckage of a suspected North Korean UAS was found on Monday near a sensitive inter-Korean maritime border in the Yellow Sea, the military said. The wreckage was collected by a fisherman at around 2:20 p.m. while he was fishing in waters near the South Korean border island of Baengnyeong, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
Russian Reconnaissance-Strike UAS Chirok to Begin Tests in 2015
Russian reconnaissance and strike drone “Chirok” will begin tests in 2015, the CEO of the Moscow Research Radio Engineering Institute Yuri Nevzorov told RIA Novosti .”After the new year , we will launch the test. We have three models of the aircraft in total,” said Nevzorov during the 10th Anniversary of the International Gidroaviasalon exhibition in Gelendzhik, Russia. Continue reading
Camcopters to Monitor Ukraine
The Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) told the Wiener Zeitung that it plans to use Schiebel UAS for its observer mission. Both the OSCE and Schiebel have their headquarters in Vienna.