China has for the first time made public the video footage of a Wing Loong live fire missile test. In the live-fire missile test conducted in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in late July, Wing Loong, a typical made-in-China military drone, fired eight kinds of weapons at intended targets. Continue reading
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Lockheed Skunk Works Next-gen U-2 Spy Plane
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is designing a next-generation high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) surveillance airplane, known internally as RQ-X or UQ-2, as an optionally-manned successor to the U-2 and Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk. Continue reading
NASA to Discuss Drone Delivery at Logistics Summit
Emerging technologies will take center stage when speakers from NASA and Indiana State University address logistics leaders at the 13th annual Indiana Logistics Summit on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at the Indiana Convention Center. Unmanned systems, which include drones and robots, will be a primary theme for presentations by Frank Jones, Associate Director for Research Services Directorate at the NASA Langley Research Center and Dr. Richard Baker, director of Indiana State University’s new Center for Unmanned Systems. Continue reading
GAO Reviews FAA Progress on UAS Integration
Federal aviation regulators by September expect to develop a foundation for a detailed plan to integrate drones into U.S. airspace, and then enact it in December, congressional investigators said in a new report. Continue reading
Boeing Directed Energy: Blasting Targets with Lasers
Engineers at Boeing are building laser systems to protect troops. The US Army’s High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD) directs powerful light beams that stop UAVs, mortars and artillery in midair. Continue reading
Korean Solar UAV Flies at 14KM Above Sea Level
On Aug. 11, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) announced that its EAV-3, a high-altitude UAV powered by solar cells, succeeded in flying into the stratosphere with the altitude of 14 km above sea level. Continue reading
Four WW1 Fighter Aircraft Stage DogFight
Four World War One aircraft, a Sopwith Camel, Nieuport 11, Fokker Dr.1 and a Fokker D.VII go head-to-head in a dogfight at low level, simulating some of the battles seen in the skies above Belgium and France during World War One. Continue reading
Google Closes New Mexico UAV Facility
Officials say Google will repay New Mexico nearly $1 million in economic assistance funds after announcing it was pulling a subsidiarity out of the state. Continue reading