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Aveillant completes FAA, Defense Dept testing

Aveillant lined up this month alongside Raytheon and Lockheed Martin to take part in the US IFT&E3 trials, designed to establish what technologies are available … More ››

VIDEO: NG’s unmanned X47-B achieves carrier catapult launch

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The US Navy has launched an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) from an aircraft carrier at sea, the system’s first at-sea catapult launch. … More ››

SES Techcom to support tracking from space

SES Techcom has launched the first space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) system to monitor air traffic around the globe. The ADS-B system is … More ››

ERA launches Silent Guard demonstrator

ERA has presented its mobile Multistatic Primary Surveillance Radar (MSPSR) solution known also as a Passive Coherent Location system (PCL) to military customers during a … More ››

easyJet to test AVOID detection technology with own ash cloud

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UK carrier easyJet and partners Airbus and Nicarnica are planning to create their own volcanic ash cloud as part of test to develop vital detection … More ››

SkyWatch

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In February, a speeding asteroid slammed into Earth’s atmosphere and exploded high over Russia’s Ural region, injuring hundreds and causing millions of euros of damage. … More ››

Europe mounts aircraft ADS-B tracking venture from space

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When the European Proba-V satellite lifts off on a Vega launcher with the primary mission of observing vegetation from space, it will be carrying another … More ››

DLR develops novel wake vortex mitigation

Current safety considerations related to wake vortices force pilots of small and medium-sized aircraft to maintain a separation of about 10 kilometres from heavier planes … More ››

Europe chalks up UAV civil insertion success

A ground-breaking trial to fly unmanned aircaft in civilian airspace at the San Javier Air Base in Murcia in Spain has been hailed a success. … More ››

Eurocopter validates optionally piloted helicopter capabilities

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Eurocopter’s ability to integrate unmanned flight capabilities into its helicopter family has been validated by an optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) demonstration programme, which used an … More ››