The Senate Appropriations Committee believes the Navy should not move quickly to retire two prototype unmanned aircraft that recently made history by demonstrating their ability to land and take-off on aircraft carriers. Continue reading
B-2 Inflight Refuelling Video
The US Military just released this inflight video of a KC-135 receiving fuel and also giving fuel to a B-2 mid-flight. Continue reading
Extra Airspace in New York State for Reaper Training Flights
UAS have been approved for training flights over parts of Onondaga, Madison and Oswego counties, military officials announced recently.The remotely operated MQ-9 Reapers have already been flying over a large swath of northern New York since October 2011. Continue reading
Spanish Air Force Negotiates Heron 1 Purchase
The Spanish Air Force is in initial negotiations with Israel Aerospace Industries about a possible purchase of Heron 1 unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
X-47B Carrier Deck – Seven Times Touch-and Go – POV from Landing Wheel Arch
The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) programme demonstrated an acute level of precision and repeatability during at-sea trials this spring/summer. On May 21 2013, the nose gear of the X-47B landed on the same relative spot on the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush seven times consecutively. Continue reading
U.S. Army Research Laboratory DEvelops ‘Long-Lived Power’
“Long-Lived Power” sounds like it could be an energy revolution, a revolutionary of sorts within the family of far-reaching energy solutions for the battlefield — because it uses radioisotopes. Continue reading
Insitu Gets $8.5M US Navy Contract for RQ-21A Upgrades
Insitu Inc. is being awarded an $8,528,000 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement to address hardware obsolescence issues and align two previously delivered early operational capability RQ-21A small tactical unmanned aircraft systems to the current system configuration. Continue reading
IAI Develops Heron TP In-flight Refuelling System
Israel Aerospace Industries is developing an aerial refuelling system for its Heron TP medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system, with the programme based on the use of an unmanned in-flight refuelling tanker. Continue reading