To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the opening of Disneyland Paris in April, the park launched a show featuring 150 colour-changing drones that swarm around the centrepiece Sleeping Beauty Castle before the nightly fireworks show. Continue reading
Canada’s Utterly Disastrous Transport | The Fleet 50 Freighter
The Fleet 50 Freighter was a Canadian twin-engine biplane general utility aircraft designed and built by Fleet Aircraft. This peculiar-looking aircraft had promise as a freighter and general use aircraft, but it was underpowered and only five were built – two crashed, two caught fire, and just one survived its short life until retirement. Continue reading
Teledyne FLIR New Laser Target Designator Payload for sUAS
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, has announced the launch of an innovative and first-of-its-kind small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) payload that can be used to provide NATO Standard laser target designation for laser-guided weapons. Continue reading
IAI’s Maritime Heron Demonstrated to UK Government
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and 2Excel Aviation successfully completed a demonstration of IAI’s Maritime Heron UAS in a series of live, Beyond Visual Line of Sight maritime search and ISR scenarios. The demonstration was based out of West Wales Airport in Aberporth, Wales. Continue reading
Orbital UAV Signs MoU with Anduril Industries Asia Pacific
Orbital Corporation Ltd announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Anduril Industries Asia Pacific Pty Ltd, a US-based defence products company transforming U.S., Australian, and allied military capabilities with its advanced technologies. Continue reading
Zenith AeroTech Exhibits Tethered Aerial Vehicle at SOFIC
Zenith AeroTech, a developer of heavy-lift tethered aerial vehicles (TAVs), announced that it will be exhibiting for the first time its Quad 8 TAV and Ground Power Unit at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC), held May 17-19, in Tampa, Florida. Continue reading
GA-ASI Grows Mojave Line with New MQ-9B STOL Package
To further extend the versatility of its MQ-9B line of Remotely Piloted Aircraft, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced that it will begin developing a short takeoff and landing (STOL)-capable MQ-9B aircraft, which includes the SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian models. Continue reading
Boeing Names Arlington Campus as Global Headquarters
Boeing announced that its Arlington, Virginia campus just outside Washington, D.C. will serve as the company’s global headquarters. The aerospace and defense firm’s employees in the region support various corporate functions and specialize in advanced airplane development and autonomous systems. Continue reading