AeroVironment, Inc. , a global provider of intelligent, multi-domain robotic systems, announced it received a $10,534,348 firm-fixed-price U.S. Department of Defense Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract award on Jan. 21, 2022. Continue reading
B 24 Liberator: 3 Major Design Flaws – Video
B-24, also called Liberator, long-range heavy bomber used during World War II by the U.S. and British air forces. It was designed by the Consolidated Aircraft Company (later Consolidated-Vultee) in response to a January 1939 U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) requirement for a four-engined heavy bomber. Continue reading
Elbit Systems’ Hermes Starliner UAS Gets Type Certificate in Israel
For the first time ever, the Civil Aviation Authority of the State of Israel (CAAI), that operates under the Israeli Ministry of Transport and Road Safety, has certified an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) for civil aviation, approving it to fly in civilian airspace as any other civilian airplane and not restricting its flight to non segregated airspace. Continue reading
DARPA Black Hawk Helicopter Completes First Unmanned Flight
The DARPA Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program completed a first ever flight of a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter without anyone onboard. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, completed 30-minutes of uninhabited flight with the optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) over the U.S. Army installation at Fort Campbell, Kentucky on February 5th. Continue reading
Steadicopter Unveils Unmanned Hybrid Helicopter
Steadicopter has unveiled the Black Eagle 50H – a hybrid-powered unmanned helicopter and the newest model in its Rotary Unmanned Aerial System (RUAS) family, designed for a range of law enforcement, maritime, civilian and covert missions. Continue reading
Ultra’s Hawk IFF Deploys Successfully in UAS Exercises at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Ultra Electronics and Berry Aviation Inc. demonstrated the capabilities of its Hawk Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), a micro-device that enables automatic determination of the identity of airborne vehicles, in support of Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) mission experimentation during MFIX 22. Continue reading
LIFT Aircraft and Parallel Flight Technologies Announce Hybrid Propulsion Partnership
Parallel Flight Technologies, a supplier of heavy-lift drone technology, and LIFT Aircraft have announced a new collaboration to develop a hybridization solution for LIFT’s HEXA eVTOL aircraft. Continue reading
GA-ASI Gets Support Contract for French MQ-9
The U.S. State Department has approved a $300 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the Government of France for the continuation of MQ-9A Reaper Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) and related equipment. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), developer of the MQ-9A Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft, is the principal contractor. Continue reading