Airbus has achieved the first ever fully automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) operation with a boom system. The flight test campaign, conducted earlier in the year over the Atlantic Ocean, involved an Airbus tanker test aircraft equipped with the Airbus A3R solution, with an F-16 fighter aircraft of the Portuguese Air Force ...
Parrot has passed another milestone in the United States Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance drone program. As the final steps of this selection process, Parrot will participate in an operational assessment to support an Army production award decision. In anticipation of an increased demand signal from the Department of Defence, the Company will ...
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is set to continue to evolve the U-2 Dragon Lady to support future battlespace needs under a recent contract award worth $50 million from the US Air Force. The contract includes the following upgrades to the Dragon Lady: An updated avionics suite that modernises the U-2’s onboard systems ...
Following the maiden flight of the PHASA-35 unmanned aircraft, solar power is set to make big changes to how UAVs are produced. PHASA-35 (Persistent High Altitude Solar Aircraft) is designed to stay airborne for up to a year, fuelled by solar power and flying at high altitudes. The UAV was developed ...