A drone was used to guide a helicopter to conduct beyond visual range (BVR) strike at sea during a live-fire drill by an army aviation brigade under the PLA 71st Group Army recently. All targets were accurately hit under the harsh conditions of dense fog. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
Drone Delivery Canada Successfully Tests Robin XL
Drone Delivery Canada Corp. has successfully tested numerous critical aspects of the Robin XL, at the Company’s ‘Tranquility Base’ test range. Continue reading
MARSS, Northrop Grumman and MSI-Defence Demo Multiple Counter Measure CUAS System
MARSS Group announced that in collaboration with key partners it has successfully demonstrated new capabilities of the NiDAR CUAS AI Command and Control system. The solution, designed to protect against life-threatening unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) was activated at a private testing facility in Arizona, USA. Continue reading
Dog Flies Drone in Pennsylvania Coal Mine
Exyn Technologies, a pioneer in autonomous aerial robot systems for complex, GPS-denied industrial environments, has announced the first dog, Kody, Exyn’s Chief Dog Officer, to successfully fly a drone at Number 9 Coal Mine, in Lansford, PA. Continue reading
AirCar Flying Car Completes Initial Flight Tests
AirCar (V5), the latest generation flying car developed by KleinVision that transforms from road vehicle into air vehicle in less than 3-minutes, has just completed maiden airport flight tests. Continue reading
US Navy Aviators Train MQ-25 Operations
U.S. Navy aviators are already learning how to “fly” the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueller before the first air vehicle comes off the production line. Continue reading
Aerovel’s Flexrotor Hits Group 2 Upper Limit
Diminutive, and squat on its four lunar-lander legs, a Flexrotor spins-up its outsize rotor, levitates into the sky, and “transitions” to a relaxed, sailplane-like cruise. Continue reading
Kawasaki Successfully Tests Ninja H2R-Powered K-RACER Unmanned Helicopter
Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced that it has successfully carried out the first flight tests of the K-RACER (Kawasaki Researching Autonomic Compound to Exceed Rotorcraft) at the Taiki-Cho Multipurpose Aerospace Park in Hokkaido. Interestingly, the unmanned compound helicopter was equipped with a supercharged Ninja H2R engine. Continue reading