Insitu unveiled its Integrator Extended Range at the Air Force Association’s annual Air, Space and Cyber Conference on Sept. 17.
Category: UAV
MQ-4 made belly landing at NB Ventura County Point Mugu
A U.S. Navy MQ-4 was forced to make a belly landing at NB Ventura County Point Mugu after its undercarriage failed to deploy on Sept. 12.
By Alex Evers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnavy/8906719846/) [Public domain or CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Zambia secretly bought the Hermes 450
Jane’s reports that the Zambian Air Force has secretly inducted the Israeli-made Hermes 450 unmanned aerial vehicle into service.
By Oren Rozen [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons
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Flight test footage of Russia’s Altair UAV
Latest video footage from Russia’s Defense Ministry shows a third Altair UAV being tested.
Screengrab from YouTube
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DARPA will attempt to power a UAV in flight using a laser
DARPA’s Stand-off Ubiquitous Power/Energy Replenishment – Power Beaming Demo (SUPER PBD) program intends to demonstrate the feasibility of keeping an aircraft airborne for indefinite periods by charging the onboard batteries using a laser power source. To test the hypothesis, the research agency has selected the Silent Falcon UAS for the demonstration.
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