Tag: VTUAV
New Navy drone gets its feet wet flying off a Navy...
MQ-8C Fire Scout, the newest naval drone being developed for the U.S. Navy by Northrop Grumman successfully flew the system for the first time off the guided-missile destroyer, USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), Dec. 16, off the Virginia coast.
DCNS, Airbus Defense & Space to jointly develop a shipborne helicopter...
Airbus Defense & Space and DCNS will jointly develop a shipborne unmanned helicopter to be seamlessly integrated into the ship’s combat system, extending the vessel's 'eyes and ears' into the sky.
China wants Swedish robo copters
Swedish CybAero lands order to deliver 70 systems of unmanned helicopters to China, over seven years, under a deal worth over US$100 Million
Lockheed Martin Unveils the Vector Hawk
Lockheed Martin unveiled today a family of small unmanned aerial vehicle, part of the line of Small UAS line. The mini-drone dubbed 'Vector Hawk'...
LCS 3 ‘Fort Worth’ Validates Surface Weapon Package, UAS Operations on...
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Surface Warfare Mission Package successfully completed the second phase of its developmental testing, on board the USS Fort Worth...
DARPA Awards Five Contracts for the Evaluation of TERN Naval UAS
Since August 2013 the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded several contracts for concept evaluations of the ship-based Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance...
Fire Scout Begins Ground Testing
The US Navy's latest UAS, the at Northrop Grumman Fire Scout MQ-8C unmanned helicopter began manufacturers' ground testing at the Naval Base Ventura County...
Chinese Unmanned helicopter Lands in Washington DC
The Chinese company Ewatt Technology is introducing its new SVU-200 VTUAV to the AUVSI show in Washington. It is the first time the unmanned...
US Navy Receives the First MQ-8C VTUAV
Northrop Grumman has delivered the first MQ-8C aircraft to the US Navy in early July, in preparation for ground and flight testing. "The endurance upgrade...
Dancing Parrots – Robot Air-Show
The showstopper at the 2013 Paris Air Show is definitely Russian Su-35S performing the daily combat aerobatic display flying breathtaking stunts streaking through the...
Panther on Israeli navy’s ships?
Paris Le Bourget, 19 June 2013: The Israel navy will evaluate the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Panther tilt rotor unmanned air system (UAS) for...
K-MAX Crashes on a Mission in Afghanistan
One of two K-MAX unmanned helicopters supplying the U.S. Marine Corps in Afghanistan has crashed June 5th at Camp Leatherneck near Kandahar. The helicopter...
K-MAX to Stay in Afghanistan Until the 2014 Withdrawal
The U.S. Marine Corps will keep the two K-MAX unmanned helicopters in Afghanistan 'indefinitely', at least, until the withdrawal or US troops from the country next year.
US Navy Orders Additional MQ-8C Long Endurance FireScouts
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a contract valued at more than $71 million to produce six additional next-generation Fire Scout unmanned...
