Rockwell Collins RTK SAASM and autopilot pivotal in ship-based recovery of U.S. Navy RQ-21A UAS

The Rockwell Collins Athena® 111m Flight Control System and Real Time Kinematic (RTK) Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) technology solution for secure GPS receivers recently enabled successful shipboard flight tests of the U.S. Navy’s RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS). The U.S. Navy’s RQ-21A “Integrator” is manufactured by Insitu, a division of The Boeing … Dowiedz się więcej

Navy Triton Unmanned Aircraft System completes first flight

The Navy’s newest unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft platform, the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), completed its first flight from Palmdale, Calif. May 22, marking the start of tests which will validate the Northrop Grumman-built system for future fleet operations. During the 80-minute flight in restricted airspace, the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft, … Dowiedz się więcej

Kategorie UAS

Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Kamra Delivers First Batch of Turkish UAV Parts to Turkish Aerospace Industry

Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Kamra handed over first batch of Turkish UAV (ANKA) parts to Turkish Aerospace Industry (TAI) in an impressive ceremony held during International Defence Exhibition & Fair (IDEF) at Istanbul, Turkey. After the signing ceremony, Mr Muharrem Dortkasli, President and CEO of TAI expressed his satisfaction on the skill and knowledge possessed by … Dowiedz się więcej

Kategorie UAS

X-47B accomplishes first ever carrier touch-and-go aboard CVN 77

The Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) has begun touch-and-go landing operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) May 17. For UCAS-D, this represents the most significant technology maturation of the program. Ship relative navigation and precision touchdown of the X-47B are critical technology elements for all future Unmanned … Dowiedz się więcej

Kategorie UAS

U.S. Navy Catapult X-47B From Carrier Into History Books

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and the U.S. Navy today launched a new chapter in the history of unmanned systems – carrier-capable unmanned aircraft – by successfully catapulting the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator from the deck of the USS George H.W. … Dowiedz się więcej

Kategorie UAS