ITT Exelis unveiled its airborne sense-and-avoid (ABSAA) radar under development for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-4C Triton Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aircraft system. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman LEMV First Flight
The U.S. Army’s Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) flew for the first time from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., on August 7. Continue reading
Cassidian Plans More Barracuda Test Flights
Cassidian is in discussions with the German Ministry of Defence concerning additional flight demonstrations under a programme to develop technology for future unmanned, surveillance and strike aircraft. Continue reading
Insitu’s ScanEagle Flies Two New Turrets for Multi-Mission Sorties
Insitu Inc. announced that it is conducting field evaluation of two new turrets for its ScanEagle. Continue reading
National Aerospace Laboratory Partners with University to Open Unmanned Operator Training Centre in The Netherlands
Officials at the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) announced what it is calling “the first training centre in Europe for operators of unmanned aircraft systems.” Continue reading
Solar-Powered Silent Falcon
The Silent Falcon is a compact unmanned aircraft weighing a bit more than 20 pounds. It can run for hours on batteries and solar power and has a maximum wing span of 17 feet. Continue reading
Boeing Delivers Smaller, Lighter Radio Relay for UAS
Boeing has delivered production units of a smaller, lighter version of its Tactical Compact Communications Relay (TCCR), which allows a small unmanned aircraft to function as a tactical, range-extending communications repeater for military handheld radios. Continue reading
Boeing X-48C Blended Wing Body First-Ever Flight
The Boeing X-48C Blended Wing Body unmanned research aircraft took to the skies on its first-ever flight at 7:56 a.m. Pacific Time on August 7 from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Continue reading