Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience

UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía and Qascom Successfully Complete DEGREE Project Flight Tests

In a significant milestone for the DEGREE project, UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía, a Spanish company specializing in guidance, navigation, and control systems for RPAS/UAS, has successfully conducted flight tests to validate the performance of the EGNSS receiver developed under the project, funded by EUSPA and led by Qascom in collaboration with UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía, Acorde and EuroUSC. Continue reading

NATS Tests Air Traffic Control Simulations for eVTOL Operations

A new generation of greener aviation has taken a leap forward following the UK’s first major air traffic control simulations for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), demonstrating how eVTOL – electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft – or flying taxis – could one day be safely integrated with conventional air traffic. Continue reading

Droniq and Eviden Test Automated Drone Use at Home Airport

Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport underlined its positioning as an innovation airport when testing automated drone use. The companies Droniq and Eviden have now carried out a test operation at the airport that simulated the automated drone inspection of a car fire, including the search for people using a thermal imaging camera. Continue reading

First Take Off for Mojave UAV from a UK Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier

The largest uncrewed aircraft ever launched from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier has paved the way for the next generation of UK naval air power. Codenamed ‘Mojave’, the specially-modified aircraft – operated remotely by a ‘pilot’ at a computer terminal – has taken-off from and safely landed back on board HMS Prince of Wales in a unique trial off the East Coast of the USA. Continue reading