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
Raytheon Pyros Bomb First Test Drop from Cobra UAS
Raytheon Company completed a successful warhead and guidance system test of its Pyros small tactical munition. The end-to-end test validated the weapon’s guidance modes (semi-active laser and global positioning system), its height-of-burst sensor, electronic safe and arm device, and multi-effects warhead. Continue reading
Sentient Kestrel Supports Australian Army in Afghanistan
With the second Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS) having recently arrived in Australia, Sentient announced that it has expanded its engagement with the Australian Army, providing additional Kestrel Land MTI licenses in support of the Shadow’s Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) operations. Continue reading
Insitu’s ScanEagle UAS Receives Limited Military Aircraft Type-Classification to Fly in Dutch Airspace
Insitu Inc. announced today that its Netherlands customer is now authorized to fly the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) under a limited military aircraft type-classification certificate from the Military Aviation Authority (MAA) of the Netherlands. Continue reading
UNOSAT UAS Video of Swiss Rock Festival
UNOSAT continues to pioneer the use of UAS by testing live video streaming at the Paleo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland. Continue reading
FAA Urged to Keep Timetable for UAS Test Sites
Congress, concerned about a delay that has already occurred, is pressing the Federal Aviation Administration to stay on schedule for designating six test sites in December that will allow the operation of remotely piloted aircraft in airspace now used by manned planes, to determine how the flying can be safely integrated. Continue reading
GA-ASI Successfully Tests Nightlighter Airborne Imaging System
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced the successful flight test of its Nightlighter airborne imaging system. Continue reading