Intelligent Energy (IE) is collaborating with Aurora Flight Sciences to help power the next generation of Aurora uncrewed aircraft systems through the use of fuel cell technology. Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company, recently tested its fuel-cell-powered SKIRON-XLE, a new addition to its SKIRON Expeditionary small uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) product line. The new craft […]
Applications & Testing & Experience
US Navy Tests Using Drones for Medical Supply Deliveries During RIMPAC
As the US Navy looks to further integrate drones into the manned fleet, the sea service assessed using unmanned aerial systems to deliver critical supplies to the destroyer Curtis Wilbur last month during the massive Rim of the Pacific military exercise. While these supplies are traditionally delivered to Navy vessels via manned aircraft, such assets […]DOD Completes Flight Test of Hypersonic Missile
The U.S. Navy and U.S. Army recently completed an end-to-end flight test of a hypersonic missile from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, HI. The test provided data on the end-to-end performance of the Conventional Prompt Strike and Long Range Hypersonic Weapon All Up Round. The test marks a step forward for the CPS and […]Kratos Announces Successful First Flight of Erinyes Hypersonic Test Bed
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that its Space & Missile Defense Systems Business Unit, a part of Kratos’ Defense & Rocket Support Systems (DRSS) Division, supported the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), in the successful launch and flight of the Kratos Erinyes Hypersonic Test Bed, on […]Air Force Releases First Video of XQ-67 in Flight
The US Air Force Research Laboratory successfully flew the first of a second-generation of Autonomous Collaborative Platforms known as the XQ-67A demonstrator, built and flown in the Off-Board Sensing Station (OBSS) program Feb. 28, 2024. The AFRL Off-Board Sensing Station program is the validation of a design, build and test process that has resulted in […]Three Spanish Firms Join Forces to Develop New C-UAS System
Indra, Escribano and TRC have signed a partnership agreement to present a solution for counteracting drones (C-UAS) to meet the needs and requirements of the Spanish Armed Forces in the area of operations. The agreement provides for the formalization of a joint venture between Escribano and Indra, with TRC partnering the latter. The three companies […]China’s HH-100 Commercial Unmanned Transport System Demonstrator Completes Maiden Flight
A demonstrator of China’s HH-100 aerial commercial unmanned transportation system on Wednesday completed a successful maiden flight, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) announced. The HH-100 demonstrator conducted its first flight at a general aviation airport in Xi’an, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, said the AVIC, the country’s leading aircraft manufacturer. HH-100 was independently developed […]Sikorsky Flight-Tests Scalable ‘Rotor Blown Wing’ UAS For DARPA Project
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, is conducting flight tests to mature the control laws and aerodynamics of a novel vertical takeoff and landing uncrewed aerial system (VTOL / UAS). The flight tests are intended to prove the efficiency and scalability of a twin proprotor ‘rotor blown wing’ configuration that sits on its tail to take-off […]Allen Control Systems to Conduct First Demo of Counter-Drone Robotic Gun System at T-REX 24
Allen Control Systems (ACS), a defense technology company developing counter-drone robotic gun systems, announced that it has been invited to participate in the U.S. Defense Department’s Technology Readiness Experimentation 2024 (T-REX 24-2), the premier event for assessing and fast-tracking new technologies that the DoD considers critical for warfighting efforts. Low cost, lethal, and increasingly autonomous […]Aurora’s Latest X-Plane Design Speeds Ahead
Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, recently completed conceptual design review for a game-changing, high-speed, vertical lift X-plane and has been selected to continue development of a preliminary design review. The aircraft is being developed for a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program called Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT), which “aims to design, […]