The early 1930s saw the most extravagant aircraft with unique shapes and sizes as part of a widely experimental phase in the aviation industry. And still, the Stipa-Caproni stood apart. Continue reading
Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 Impresses at Major NATO Exercise with Anti-Submarine Warfare Capability
Schiebel, together with Thales and sponsored by the UK Royal Navy participated in REPMUS (Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping using Maritime Uncrewed Systems) and Dynamic Messenger 2022 in Portugal. Together, they successfully demonstrated the CAMCOPTER S-100 and its Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and cargo delivery capabilities, which all received wide acclaim. Continue reading
GA-ASI and US Army Flight Test Open Architecture Ground Control Software on Gray Eagle ER
The U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft System Project Office and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) successfully performed the first flight test of a new U.S. Army Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) ground segment for the MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System. Continue reading
Airobotics Ltd to Acquire Iron-Drone C-UAS Assets
Airobotics Ltd. , a provider of autonomous unmanned aircraft systems and automated data analysis and visualization platforms, announced that it will acquire the intellectual property, technical systems, and operations of Iron-Drone Ltd., an Israeli-based company specializing in the development of autonomous counter-drone systems. Continue reading
Survey Copter Reveals Aliaca ER UAS
Survey Copter , a subsidiary of Airbus, has developed a new configuration for its range of light tactical drones ALIACA. The system, called ALIACA ER, for “extended range”, is a new configuration of the ALIACA system. Continue reading
Nexter and Thales Unveil RapidFire Turret to Defend Against Drone Swarms
The temporary consortium formed by Nexter and Thales is exhibiting the RAPIDFire system turret in its final form on the Nexter stand at the biennial Euronaval trade conference, taking place in paris October 18-21. Continue reading
Hyundai’s Supernal and Honeywell Announce Advanced Air Mobility Avionics Collaboration
Supernal and Honeywell have announced an agreement to explore the integration of the Honeywell Anthem integrated flight deck into Supernal’s eVTOL vehicle. Unveiled last year, Honeywell Anthem draws on the company’s deep aerospace experience and marks the first cloud-connected cockpit system that can be customized for virtually every type of aircraft, including the rapidly emerging Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) segment. Continue reading
Carbonix Scales-up Drone Production with Quickstep Manufacturing Deal
Australian drone manufacturer and solutions provider, Carbonix, is partnering with Quickstep Holdings, Australia’s largest independent manufacturer of aerospace composites to manufacture aerostructures for its Volanti drones. Continue reading