On May 17 the Royal Air Force’s “Red Arrows”, one of the world’s most famous display teams, was awarded its Public Display Authority (PDA) for 2013 by Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton. Continue reading
Category Archives: Video
Triton First Flight Video
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Northrop Grumman just released this footage of the Triton unmanned aircraft system’s successful first flight from the company’s manufacturing facility in Palmdale, California. The one and a half hour flight successfully demonstrated control systems that allow Triton to operate autonomously. The full B-Roll footage can be seen below. Continue reading
First F-35B Vertical Takeoff Test
An F-35B test aircraft completes the first-ever vertical takeoff (VTO) at NAS Patuxent River, Md., on May 10, 2013. Continue reading
Lancaster Bomber Relives Dambusters Raid – 70th Anniversary
Awesome onboard footage from the front gunner’s position in the RAF Memorial Lancaster that flew over the Derwent Dam in Derbyshire on May 16 marking the 70th Anniversary of the famous WWII Dambusters raid. Continue reading
X-47B Carrier Launch Aerial View
An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) taxies and launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). Continue reading
X-47B Performs First Ever Carrier Touch-and-Go
The Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) has begun touch-and-go landing operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) May 17. Continue reading
Smartphone App for Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology – NASA Dryden Video
Flights tests of a smartphone-assisted automatic ground collision avoidance system at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center consistently commanded evasive manoeuvres when it sensed that the unmanned test aircraft was getting too close to mountainous terrain. Continue reading
X-47B Carrier Suitability Testing Spring 2013
Northrop Grumman has just posted this 6-minute video of X-47B testing for suitability for use on aircraft carriers carried out recently. Continue reading