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UK Tests Helicopter-Launched Missiles to Intercept Drones

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In the first air-to-air trial of its kind, the crew of a Wildcat used the Martlet missile – designed to take out enemy surface targets – to destroy a Banshee jet flying at hundreds of miles an hour over the Bristol Channel. The helicopter operates from UK Royal Navy frigates, destroyers and aircraft carriers performing […]

GA-ASI’s Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS Supports Army Vanguard Demos

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As part of the U.S. Army’s Vanguard demonstrations that took place in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, on Sept. 17–18, 2024, a Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System provided by the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) showcased several new capabilities, including the integration of an Expeditionary Cyber Chassis (ECC) for Command, Control, Communications, […]

Airbus and Partners Demonstrate Collaboration between Helicopters and Unmanned Systems

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– Airbus Helicopters and its partners have conducted a full scale demonstration of a manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) system developed as part of a project funded by the European Union and code-named MUSHER. The demonstration took place in France and Italy from 30 September to 9 October and involved multiple manned helicopters and unmanned systems connected […]

Skydweller Completes Autonomous Solar-Powered Flight Test Campaign

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– Skydweller Aero has successfully completed the uncrewed autonomous flight test campaign of its Skydweller Unmanned Aerial System. A series of uncrewed flight tests – with the two longest being 16 hours and 22 ½ hours – were launched from the company’s facility at Stennis International Airport in Kiln, Mississippi. This campaign is one more step […]

Mayman Aerospace Completes Successful RAZOR VTOL Aircraft Flight Tests

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– Mayman Aerospace has completed successful flight tests at a military base in the Southern California desert of its RAZOR test bed VTOL aircraft. The RAZOR test bed is exactly the same dimensions and weight as the RAZOR P100 and uses the same propulsion, engine gimballing, thrust vectoring and flight control systems. Supported by our Other […]

US Marine Corps Successfully Demonstrate Link 16 in Third XQ-58 Valkyrie Test Flight

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The Marine Corps’ XQ-58A Valkyrie successfully completed its third test flight on Sept. 20, 2024, at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. This flight was conducted in partnership with the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, and industry partners. The test demonstrated newly […]

BAE Systems Australia Set for First Test Flight of STRIX UAS

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The first test flight of BAE Systems Australia‘s (BAESA’s) STRIX Uncrewed Aerial System is scheduled for mid-October, with the company citing the vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) platform as a unique combination of operation, range, and payload. Flight testing for the prototype, X-wing design was approved in July by Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) […]

Northrop Grumman Demonstrates MQ-4C Triton Navigation Systems Over the Arctic Ocean

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– Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully demonstrated the MQ-4C Triton navigation system’s ability to operate at high latitudes deep within the Arctic Circle, delivering on its commitment to provide critical intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting capabilities in the High North. The test flight proved the system’s ability to operate in the harsh austere environment over the […]

Autonomous Transwing VTOL Aircraft Conduct Simultaneous Flight Operations during RIMPAC

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– PteroDynamics Inc. has announced the successful demonstration of the operational capabilities of the company’s autonomous Transwing vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial system (UAS) during Trident Warrior 2024, the Fleet experimentation arm of the 29th biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise. Multiple Transwing aircraft simulated long-range ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore logistics and critical […]

Peregrine Rotary Wing UAS Conducts Initial Royal Navy Flying Trials from HMS Lancaster

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In late August, 700X Naval Air Squadron conducted the first flying trials of the Peregrine RWAUS from HMS Lancaster in the Gulf of Oman. Secured under the Future Tactical Uncrewed Air System (FTUAS) programme, the RN selected the Schiebel S-100 Camcopter as the basis for Peregrine. The aircraft will be equipped with the Thales I-Master […]