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Last spring, the Pentagon’s Test Resource Management Center received requests from two program offices to provide support for upcoming hypersonic flight tests — one over the Atlantic Ocean and one over the Pacific. The flights would be 10 days apart. In the past, the testing community wouldn’t have been able …

A novel mission tracking bats and how they might be affected by offshore wind energy projects was completed October 2 by Saildrone with one of its uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) and the non-profit Bat Conservation International. “Saildrone and Bat Conservation International (BCI), a global conservation organization dedicated to ending bat …

From 12 to 22 September 2023, over 300 participants from 15 Allied and three partner nations, the European Union and the private sector gathered in the Netherlands to increase their ability to counter potential threats posed by the malign use of small drones. NATO’s Counter Unmanned Aircraft System Technical Interoperability …

Skyborne Technologies has conducted a series of successful guided flight tests of the air-launched Gannet Glide Drone. The Gannet program aligns directly with the goals of the Australian Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) enterprise. “Skyborne has developed research and development capabilities enabling future Defence partnerships which facilitate Australian innovation. The …

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Kratos Defense and Security Solutions successfully tested the XQ-58A Valkyrie Block 2 unmanned aircraft last week at the Yuma Proving Ground, as reported first by Interesting Engineering. Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have been utilized in combat for about 20 years. Despite being costly …

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) successfully performed the first flight tests of the next-generation flight computer for the MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The tests took place at GA-ASI’s El Mirage Flight Test Facility in El Mirage, Calif., as part of the U.S. Army-funded …

(July 20, 2022) HERZELIA, Isr. — FlightOps Ltd., a leading multi-drone operating system (OS) provider, last week utilized its software to control drones that safely sent medical laboratory tests between hospitals while maintaining the quality of the samples.   The experiment was part of an Israeli Innovation Authority and Ministry of …

By U.S. Air Force, Senior Airman Ashley Richards | May 09, 2022 GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. —   As technological capabilities of America’s adversaries increase, the Air Force is constantly seeking new and innovative ways to defend its assets. With this in mind, several members from the 319 …

April 25, 2022 – Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company, recently completed a project to advance the capabilities of its Modular Intercept Drone Avionics Set (MIDAS) counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS). Aurora engineers designed, implemented, and tested improvements to the drone engagement device (DED) and onboard autonomy, …

Prague, 21 October 2021 – Primoco UAV SE, a Czech company that develops and manufactures the One 150 UAV, successfully flight tested the simultaneous control of multiple unmanned aircraft from one control station at their airport in Písek Krašovice on 20 October 2021. Video: https://youtu.be/lFwl8GGX9Ww The One 150 unmanned aerial vehicle …