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Researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia recently flew multiple drones beyond visual line of sight with no visual observer. The drones successfully flew around obstacles and each other during takeoff, along a planned route, and upon landing, all autonomously without a pilot controlling the flight. Continue reading
The Fairey Fulmar aircraft looked right and felt right. Comfortable and pleasant to fly, Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown remembered about the type: (QUOTE) “there was little with which the most fastidious of pilot’s could find fault in its handling.” Continue reading
The Government of Canada has signed a contract to purchase a fleet of MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.. The order includes the associated Certified Ground Control Stations and support equipment from GA-ASI. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, San Diego, California, has been awarded a $72,318,801 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery requirements modification to previously awarded contract FA8539-21-D-0001 to exercise Option Year 3 for repair services. Continue reading
Iran has shown its great capability to reverse engineer U.S. military drones, and its unmanned aerial systems (UAS) program has made great leaps forward. In 2011, a Lockheed Martin RQ-170 “Sentinel” was intercepted and then copied to create a new drone with similar capabilities. Continue reading
Fort Worth-based company Sky Elements broke two Guinness World Records with its holiday drone show over the weekend. The displays set records for the largest fictional character and the largest aerial image made with drones. Continue reading
Silent Arrow announced it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR contract focused on the Silent Arrow CLS-300 (“Contested Logistics System, 300 Nautical Miles”) to address one of the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). Continue reading