Bell has unveiled a full-scale mock-up of its V-247 unmanned tilt-rotor that it hopes to offer to the U.S. Marine Corps for the latter’s Marine Air Ground Task Force Unmanned Expeditionary (MUX) program.
The U.S. Air Force carried out its first-ever Rapid Airfield Damage Assessment System (RADAS) operational test flight at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea on Aug. 11.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airm an Rebecca Garcia (left), and Airman 1st Class Alexander Avenido (right), 8th Civil Engineering Squadron assistant engineering technicians, inspect an Aeryon SkyRanger drone prior to the Air Force’s first-ever operational rapid airfield damage assessment at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea , Aug. 13, 2018. This innovative survey method gives both the engineers and base leadership the capability to have a clear over-head view, rewind and zoom in or out to view the airfield during assessments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Levi Rowse) Continue reading “USAF’s first-ever RADAS test flight”