The Boeing 2707 was the first American supersonic airliner project. Being the most advanced of all supersonic airliners created at that time (Concorde, Tu-144) the plane was planned to have seating for 250 to 300 passengers and cruise speeds of approximately Mach number 3. Continue reading
IAI and Santos Lab Brazil Collaborate on UAV Operations for Precision Agriculture
IAI and Santos Lab teams
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed a first of its kind agreement with Santos Lab Comercio E Industria Aerospacial LTDA, (Santos Lab) on use of UAVs and advanced analytics for large scale precision agricultural applications. Continue reading
nEUROn Demonstrator Continues 4th Test Campaign
The nEUROn combat drone demonstrator started its 4th ” Low Observability ” test campaign in November. This campaign is conducted by the Directorate General of Armament (DGA) with the support of Dassault Aviation. It was carried out in Istres by the teams of DGA Flight Tests and consists of a series of confrontations with different operational means of detection; it will continue in early 2019. Continue reading
Hydrogen UAV with 5kg Payload Achieves 70 Min Flight
A project to develop a hydrogen fuel cell powered multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), has beaten its original test flight target of 60 minutes with a 5 kg payload, setting an exciting new benchmark for flight time and payload in the commercial UAV industry. Continue reading
Pipe-Mount Base for UAS Integration of Ultrasonic Anemometer
Anemoment LLC, a specialized meteorological instrument design firm located in Longmont, CO, announced the availability of its TriSonica Mini Wind and Weather Sensor with an integrated pipe-mount base accommodating any ½” schedule 10 pipe. Continue reading
How to Dig a Hole with Two Drones and a Parachute
The NIMBUS Lab at the University of Nebraska has been developing drones that have the unique ability to dig holes in the ground and then fill those holes with sensors. If this sounds like a complicated task, that’s because it is: The drone needs to be able to carry a portable digging system a useful distance, locate a diggable spot, land, verify that the spot it thought was diggable is in fact diggable, dig a hole and install the sensor, and then fly off again. Continue reading
Bell Unveils Nexus Air Taxi at CES
Bell Helicopter revealed the configuration and full-scale vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) air taxi vehicle on January 7th during CES 2019. The air taxi, named Bell Nexus, is powered by a hybrid-electric propulsion system and features Bell’s signature powered lift concept incorporating six tilting ducted fans that are designed to safely and efficiently redefine air travel. Continue reading
New Spoofing Detector to Protect GPS/GNSS Receivers in Drones
An Israeli firm is introducing a technology to detect the spoofing of GPS and other satellite navigation signals that is packaged into a device so small it can be integrated into existing receivers for drones, ships and autonomous vehicles — and, soon, maybe even cell phones. Continue reading