Logos Technologies successfully showcased its Kestrel day/night wide-area persistent surveillance system at a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) demonstration in Nogales, Arizona. Continue reading
Category Archives: Lighter Than Air
Blue Devil Gets Motorised
Mav6 continues to progress on assembly of the M1400 Blue Devil 2 at airship maker TCOM‘s hangar in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Continue reading
Altaeros Energies Demonstrates Airborne Wind Turbine
Altaeros Energies, a wind energy company formed out of MIT, announced that it has demonstrated high altitude power production from an automated prototype of its airborne wind turbine. Continue reading
Blue Devil Assembly Progress Report
Mav6 reported making further progress last week by installing main assemblies on the M1400 airship hull. Continue reading
Solar Electric Hybrid Airship
40% Scale Demonstrator
Global Near Space Services (GNSS) of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Bye Aerospace of Denver, Colo., jointly announced continued progress in the development of a unique solar-electric-powered airship named StarLight.
Blue Devil 2 Still Afloat
The 370-foot-long (123 m), 1.4 million-cubic-foot (37,000 m3) Mav6 M1400 Blue Devil 2 is in final assembly at airship maker TCOM‘s hangar in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Despite rumours to the contrary, work is still very much underway, with sub-contractor Almaga Composites providing carbon fibre components for the project. Continue reading
US Army Sees Bright Future for VTOL UAS
Lt. Col. Hilton Nunez, with Army G-2, talks with Steve Bond of Northrop Grumman about the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle, near a model of the LEMV, during the Association of the United States Army Aviation Symposium and Exposition - Photo: C. Todd Lopez
During the Association of the United States Army Aviation Symposium and Exposition, just outside Washington, D.C. on January 12th., Lieutenant General Robert P. Lennox, Deputy Chief of Staff, Army G-8, touched on the future of vertical take-off and landing unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
Raven Industries Aerostar Tactical High Altitude Ballon System Success in US Navy ADD Programme
Raven Industries Aerostar aided the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Vehicle Research Section on achieving successful unmanned aircraft flight tests for the Autonomous Deployment Demonstration (ADD) programme. Continue reading