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Camcopter S-100 1st UAS Ever to Fly from an Italian Navy Ship
Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER® S-100 has taken a further step in consolidating its strong maritime position by being the first UAS (Unmanned Air System) to ever fly from an Italian Navy ship. The S-100 was flown from the ITS Bersagliere, a Soldati Class frigate and successfully carried out a number of missions for observers from the Italian [...]
Indra Flies Its Unmanned ‘Pelicano’ Helicopter at UNVEX 2012
Indra’s new UAV, the Pelicano helicopter, performed a test flight this morning at the Marugán aerodrome in the province of Segovia. This test marks the market launch of Indra’s new unmanned helicopter system, which is now ready to enter into service. T he flights took place as part of UNVEX’12, the Spanish conference for unmanned [...]
Northrop to Upgrade Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter for US Navy
The U.S. Navy has selected Northrop Grumman to produce the next-generation Fire Scout unmanned helicopter using the Bell 407 airframe. The new variant provides greater range, endurance and payload capacity to ship commander’s intelligence-gathering efforts. According to a U.S. Department of Defense news release on contract awards released April 23, the company will produce a [...]
Navy Investigates Unmanned Helicopter Mishaps
The Navy recently experienced two unrelated operational mishaps with the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter. There were no injuries to personnel and no damage to other aircraft. An MQ-8B Fire Scout operating off USS Simpson (FFG-56) March 30 was ditched at sea upon returning from a maritime surveillance mission in support of Africa Partnership Station. [...]
US grounds unmanned helicopters after accidents
The US Navy said Tuesday it grounded its fleet of unmanned MQ-8B Fire Scout helicopters after what it termed “two unrelated operational mishaps” with the aircraft. “In light of the recent mishaps, the Navy has temporarily suspended Fire Scout flight operations for 14 air vehicles in inventory while system performance and operational procedures are reviewed,” [...]
Fire Scout Team Takes Steps to Arm Unmanned Helicopter
A team at nearby Webster Field Annex is working briskly to support an urgent Navy request to weaponize the MQ-8B Fire Scout, marking the first time the Navy will arm an unmanned aircraft. The Fire Scout team and NAVAIR’s structures rotary-wing division personnel conducted the first of a series of tests March 7 on the [...]
Russia Developing Three Unmanned Helicopters
Russia’s leading manufacturer of helicopters, Russian Helicopters, is developing several types of unmanned aircraft in accordance with the decision of the Defense Ministry. Two years ago, the ministry spent quite a lot on the purpose – $55 million. Now they want the Russian producer to get involved. Does Russia have necessary technologies for it? Afterwards, [...]
Advanced Unmanned Helicopter Debuts in Beijing Air Show
The Aviation Expo China 2011, the oldest and most professional aviation exposition, will be held from Sept. 21 to Sept. 24, and preparations for the expo are nearing completion. The advanced domestic unmanned helicopter, codenamed Z-5, has been placed in the exposition hall. It will be the first time that the helicopter has been seen [...]
Russian Helicopters Develops A Range Of New-Generation Unmanned Rotorcraft
ZHUKOVSKY, Moscow: At the 4th International Forum and Exhibition Unmanned Multipurpose Vehicle Systems – UVS-TECH 2010, held as part of Engineering Technologies 2010 that opens today in Zhukovsky,Russian Helicopters rotorcraft-manufacturing holding company showcases two perspective unmanned helicopters, Korshun and Ka-135. These models are designed under Russian Helicopters program on developing a broad spectrum of vertical [...]
