General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. and Tesat-Spacecom announced that they have signed a teaming agreement to combine their expertise in the field of RPA laser communication (lasercom) to demonstrate a high-rate RPA-to-spacecraft lasercom link. Continue reading
DARPA Reveals Mule Robot
Military researchers working for the Pentagon have released video footage of one of its newest projects, the Legged Squad Support System LS3, and are touting the creation as a cyborg-style animal-drone that will aid troops across a variety of terrains. Continue reading
FG-1D Corsair Flying at New Zealand Airshow
The Old Stick and Rudder Company’s FG-1D Corsair is shown here during its display at the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s 75th Birthday celebration airshow at RNZAF Ohakea. Continue reading
GA-ASI Gets $297M US Air Force Support Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., is being awarded a $296,956,705 cost plus fixed price, firm fixed price and time and materials contract for contractor logistics support which includes programme management, urgent repairs and services, configuration management, technical manual and software maintenance. Continue reading
GA-ASI Demonstrates Interoperability of Predator-Class ISR Aircraft Systems at NATO Trials
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. just announced its successful participation in NATO’s Unified Vision (UV12) Trial at Orland Main Air Station in Brekstad, Norway, June 18-29. Continue reading
U.S. Navy and Marines Begin RQ-21 Developmental Flight Testing
A little more than two years into it’s engineering, manufacturing and development phase, the RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Air System (STUAS) entered developmental test at China Lake, California beginning with a 66-minute flight on Monday. Continue reading
Life-Saving UAS Tested at Burning Man
A humanitarian group called Ideate recently tested UAS’ viability as a real-world delivery vehicle in one of the harshest, most brutal environments imaginable — Burning Man. Continue reading
Aerie Video of Its Unusual IAV Configuration
AERIE just posted its first video showing prototypes of its IAV in development, as well as some flying and hovering footage released for the first time. Continue reading