The British Martin-Baker MB 5 was the ultimate development of a series of prototype fighter aircraft built during the Second World War. Neither the MB 5 nor its predecessors ever entered production, despite what test pilots described as excellent performance. Continue reading
Becker Avionics Partners with Iris Automation
Becker Avionics, a 65 year globally-renowned aviation industry supplier that works with the top 20 Aerospace OEMs, and commercial drone safety innovator, Iris Automation, have entered into a strategic partnership to increase the situational awareness of general aviation pilots and advance uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) safety. Continue reading
Terrafugia Launches New Brand and Commercial UAV
Terrafugia Inc. has announced the launch of a new brand, Commaris, and the brand’s first product, the SEEKER, an innovative, electric, fixed-wing/VTOL hybrid aircraft designed explicitly for autonomous commercial aerial applications. Continue reading
Levitating Man Drone Show at Renegade Burning Man Festival
With Burning Man being cancelled for the second year in a row over COVID-19 concerns, some Burners who do not have COVID-19 concerns organized their own “renegade” Burning Man on the Black Rock Desert Playa, near Gerlach, Nevada, over the last week. Continue reading
Orbital UAV Gets Defence Grant for Production Expansion
Members of the Australian Army’s 13th Brigade toured Orbital UAV’s Balcatta operations
Orbital Corporation Ltd welcomed members of the Australian Army’s 13th Brigade to its operations in Balcatta in August, coinciding with the announcement of further successful Defence funding grants that continue to support the Company’s growing capabilities and production expansion. Continue reading
Taiwan’s Teng Yun Prepares for Han Kuang 37 Military Exercise
The second-generation Teng Yun unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), developed by the National Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), has been conducting extensive performance tests at Jiashan Air Force Base in Hualien to prepare for the upcoming Han Kuang 37 military exercise. Continue reading
US Navy Arms Surface Ships with Counter-Drone System
Gunner’s Mate Kyle Mendenhall shows the Drone Restricted Access Using Known Electromagnetic Warfare (DRAKE) system aboard USS Kansas City (LCS-22)
With the use of drones becoming more prevalent, the US Navy has found a way to ensure all of its surface ships can repel unmanned aerial vehicles. The Drone Restricted Access Using Known Electromagnetic Warfare system, or DRAKE, built by Northrop Grumman and originally used on Humvees during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is now used across the Navy’s surface fleet. Continue reading
F-16 Fighter Jets Could Guard Akinci Drones
Bayraktar Akinci
Turkey is reversing the loyal wingman concept to protect its newly launched Akinci drones – regarded as one of the most advanced unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs). Their inclusion is expected to lead the Turkish air force to a brand new stage in its air-to-air and air-to-land warfare doctrines. Continue reading