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– AALTO HAPS Ltd., an Airbus subsidiary which designs, manufactures and operates the Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS), has completed its first successful stratospheric flight and testing from its purpose-built HAPS facility (AALTOPORT) in Laikipia County, Kenya. Continue reading
– Pipistrel, a Textron Inc. company, has announced the successful first hover flight of the Nuuva V300, a long-range, large-capacity hybrid-electric VTOL unmanned aircraft. This milestone marks an advancement in the development of advanced, sustainable and versatile unmanned aerial systems. Continue reading
US aerospace firm Boom Supersonic’s experimental XB-1 aircraft has achieved a speed in excess of Mach 1 for the first time. The aircraft reached supersonic speeds of around M1.1 during a test flight on 28 January, flown by chief test pilot Tristan Brandenburg, and broadcast live by the company. Continue reading
The Bayraktar TB3 UCAV, which recently made history by taking off and landing on a short-runway vessel, has achieved another major milestone in its development by beginning munitions integration tests. Continue reading
Brave1, a defense-tech collaboration platform established by the Ukrainian government, has announced successful trials of an advanced interceptor drone developed by German manufacturer TYTAN Technologies. Continue reading
Ukrainian military news portal Militarnyi reports that Ukrainian defense forces have received and successfully deployed Shield AI MQ-35A V-BAT unmanned aerial vehicles supplied by the United States. Continue reading
A recent exercise saw Air Force Special Operations Command land an MQ-9 on a dirt strip in New Mexico on Dec. 16, where it was rearmed, refueled, and launched again by a small group of Airmen. Continue reading
For the first time in history, TSA used an agency-owned, small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) to test the threat of drones over San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Continue reading