The indigenously designed Teng Yun 2 drone crossed development milestones over the weekend, flying more than 10 hours straight and circling Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
AERTEC Completes European Defence Agency UAS TARSIS Test Campaign
The ATLAS Experimental Flight Center in Jaén, Spain has hosted the final phase of SAFETERM (Safe Autonomous Flight Termination System), a project sponsored by the European Defence Agency (EDA) and developed by technology companies GMV and AERTEC. Continue reading
Skypersonic Conducts Trans-Atlantic Inspection of Utility Plant in Italy from Florida via Cellphone
Relying only on an internet connection from a normal cellphone, industrial drone company Skypersonic – part of publicly traded drone company Red Cat Holdings – visually inspected the interior of a fully operational utility plant in Turin, Italy, using a drone controlled from Orlando, Florida., 4,800 miles away.
UScellular, Ericsson Test 5G Network Performance for Drone Connectivity
UScellular and Ericsson have announced that they have begun 5G testing at altitude using drone technology. These tests are the first of their kind with UScellular’s 5G network and lay the groundwork for future use cases of cellular-connected drones in a variety of industries. Continue reading
Event 38 Demonstrates Hydrogen Fuel Cell Endurance
Event 38 Unmanned Systems, a manufacturer of American-made mapping drones, announced the successful completion of a demo flight of the E450, a drone powered by a hydrogen fuel cell on Monday, June 13, at the Kent State University airport. Continue reading
US Air Force Revives Sled Testing for Hypersonics Work
The US Air Force has demonstrated renewed capability to run a vehicle at hypersonic speed on a sled track and recover the test article, adding another means to test hypersonic technologies, according to the service’s Arnold Engineering and Development Center. Continue reading
uAvionix Successfully Demonstrates Transfer of Control Between LTE and C-band Radios
The ability for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to simultaneously leverage multiple and diverse Command and Control (C2) radios is a key part of mission-critical operations. This capability allows the UAS to use the most appropriate radio or frequency band for the specific mission or location and provides an essential backup C2 link in case of a lost link scenario with the primary system. Continue reading
BAE Soon to Test Fly T-650 Heavy-Lift UAS
BAE Systems plans to fly the T-650 all-electric heavy-lift unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that it first unveiled in September 2021 in the coming weeks. Continue reading