Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that it has designed, built, tested and delivered the composite wing for Boeing’s Phantom Eye High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) demonstrator. “Aurora strives to provide a broad range of capabilities, high quality and value to our customers,” said John Langford, CEO of Aurora Flight Sciences. “Our on time and on budget delivery of the...
QinetiQ has filed for three world records for Zephyr, its solar powered high-altitude long endurance (HALE) Unmanned Air System (UAS), with the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI), subject to ratification for achieving: Absolute duration record for an Unmanned Air Vehicle – being filed at 336 hrs / 22 minutes Duration record for a UAV (in the U/1.c / 50-500Kg category)...
Key Milestone Achieved in Development and Testing of First Unmanned Aircraft System to Offer Seamless Persistence Without Latitude Restrictions MONROVIA, Calif. – Aug. 11, 2010 – AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV) announced that a full size wing developed as part of the Global Observer™ Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) program has successfully completed a series of Wing Load Tests (WLT)...
