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Boom’s XB-1 Achieves Supersonic Flight over Mojave Desert

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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. It took off from Mojave Air […]

Bayraktar TB3 Completes Firing Tests

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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. ARMED On January 16th, the Bayraktar TB3 UCAV departed from the Baykar Flight Training and Test Center in Keşan, Edirne, with two Roketsan MAM-T munitions […]

Ukraine Tests German-Made Interceptor Drone

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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. The UAV, designed to counter enemy drones and reconnaissance systems, was tested by Ukrainian operators who evaluated its potential for addressing the challenges of modern warfare. The TYTAN-developed drone is […]

V-BAT Drone System Field Tested in Ukraine

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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. Shield AI, the manufacturer, has released a photo showing the drone alongside Ukrainian military personnel, marking one of the first documented instances of the V-BAT system in Ukrainian service. According to the […]

TSA Launches New Era of Drone Watch at San Francisco International

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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). This achievement was thanks to the efforts of TSA’s Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service (LE/FAMS) UAS Assessments Unit, which was established to oversee the agency’s role in protecting […]

Wingcopter, ITOCHU and ANA Test Drone-Based Transport of Research Blood in Japan

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– ITOCHU Corporation, Wingcopter‘s partner in Japan, haa tested the transport of research blood1 using Wingcopter’s delivery drone in a research project. Together with ANA Holdings and the local blood center of the Japanese Red Cross, research blood was flown between the cities of Urasoe and Nago in Okinawa Prefecture. The project2 aims to investigate […]

Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 Successfully Demonstrates New Radar Capability In Canada

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– Schiebel, in collaboration with MDA Space, has successfully demonstrated IMSAR’s NSP Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) with Ground and Maritime Moving Target Indication (GMTI and MMTI) capabilities during a one-week intensive trial at the Foremost UAS Test Range in Western Canada. The successful integration of the IMSAR NSP radar system to the CAMCOPTER S-100 was […]

Kratos XQ-58A Demonstrates Collaborative EW and Kill Chain Closure at Emerald Flag 2024

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– Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced the successful performance of a recent series of flight tests of the United States Marine Corps’ XQ-58A Valkyrie, manufactured by Kratos. These flights and exercises were conducted jointly earlier this year by Kratos, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Autodyne, the United States Marine Corps (USMC), the United States […]

Droniq and Fraunhofer IFAM Complete 180 Km BVLOS Flight in Civil Airspace Over North Sea

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As part of a project collaboration, Fraunhofer IFAM and Droniq GmbH successfully carried out a 180-kilometer drone flight from the Offshore Drone Campus Cuxhaven (ODCC) to Helgoland and back. For the first time, the safe integration of unmanned BVLOS flights over the sea was achieved in compliance with civil regulations and with the involvement of […]