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Airman 1st Class Bryant Vides-Perlera, a crew chief assigned to the 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, pulls chocks beside an RQ-4 Global Hawk as it’s towed across the flight line at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Oct. 23, 2020
A US Air Force RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk crashed at approximately 7:00 a.m. Central Standard Time today in a rural field near Gilby, North Dakota. Continue reading
During the warm up sessions for the third rugby test match between the South African Springboks and British and Irish Lions in Cape Town, one of the Lions players downed a TV drone with a spectacular spot kick. Continue reading
A logistics Unmanned Air System (UAS) prototype, called Blue Water UAS, approaches to deliver cargo on USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) flight deck during supply demonstration Feb. 21, 2021
The US Navy has demonstrated that small drones could take the place of manned platforms in delivering critical spare parts, most of which weigh less than a large bag of dog food, between ships at sea. Continue reading
Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems Inc., Sacramento, California, has been awarded a $338,071,466 firm fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee and time-and-material contract for Lots 17-21 production, out-of-warranty-repairs, and contractor logistics support. Continue reading
Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC), a developer of long-endurance hybrid-electric unmanned aircraft systems designed for a wide range of commercial, defense and public safety applications, has announced the launch of its Hybrid Advanced Multirotor Unmanned Aircraft System (HAMR). Continue reading
AeroVironment, Inc. has announced the introduction of its standardized modular payload interface kits for RQ-20B Puma tactical unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Continue reading
The Canadian Coast Guard was in Oklahoma recently, albeit virtually. Kongsberg Geospatial announced today they successfully conducted Phase 1 trials of the Martin UAV V-BAT on behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard at a UAS test facility operated by the Chocktaw Indian Nation of Oklahoma, in rural southeastern Oklahoma. Continue reading
Transport Canada has granted RPV Aviation a Special Flight Operating Certificate (SFOC) to fly BVLOS (beyond the visual line of sight of the drone’s pilot) with FIXAR 007 fixed-wing VTOL (vertical take-off and landing). Continue reading