Royal Navy uncrewed aircraft trial marks European first
UK flight test sees largest unmanned aircraft take off from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier.
Facebook is pushing ahead with the development of a new solar-powered UAV that will expand internet coverage to remote areas.
The company is developing its Aquila UAV and will add solar cells to the aircraft which will fly solar-powered within the next year.
Speaking at the Commercial UAV Show, Andrew Cox, chief engineer at Facebook, said that the Aquila completed its first flight test lasting 96 mins in June, which was capped to 8,000ft by local regulation.
This test used conventional batteries because the solar panels were not yet fitted. But the intention was to get an accurate aerodynamic
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UK flight test sees largest unmanned aircraft take off from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier.
CATIC have displayed its new AR-2000 drone at Dubai Airshow 2023, emphasising ship-based capabilities with PLA already purchasing.
Australia has ordered four Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton UAS which can operate as an uncrewed maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) alongside the country’s in-service Boeing P-8A MPA fleet.
The Khronos tethered UAS has been designed to be simple to use and has drawn on Elistair’s experience with hundreds of existing customers.
The use of long-duration Uncrewed Surface Vehicles for maritime surveillance and monitoring has become part of the fleet inventory as navies try to reduce the level of effort required to gather intelligence on areas of interest.
A growing number of uncrewed systems have been on show at Sydney's Indo-Pacific Maritime exhibition with a select few currently being trialled to see if they can enhance the Royal Australian Navy's surveillance levels.