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Project Zero an All-Electric Tilt Rotor Technology Demonstrator International Collaboration
Officially unveiled on March 4th, just prior to the Heli-Expo 2013 in Las Vegas, USA, the revolutionary AgustaWestland “Project Zero” all-electric tiltrotor technology demonstrator is the result of close collaborations with Finmeccanica companies – Selex ES, Ansaldo Breda, and Ansaldo… Continue reading
AgustaWestland Unveils “Project Zero” Tilt Rotor Technology Demonstrator
AgustaWestland, today unveiled its “Project Zero” tilt rotor technology demonstrator, giving an insight into what advanced rotorcraft of the future may look like. This, however, is no paper study. The technology demonstrator was designed and built in less than 6… Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Navigation System Integral to First Flight of nEUROn Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle Demonstrator
FREIBURG, Germany, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), in cooperation with Saab Aerosystems, has provided the attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) for the nEUROn Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator, which recently completed a successful… Continue reading
Swiss Test Fly Gripen in Sweden
A Swiss evaluation team has been test flying the Gripen F Demonstrator multi-role fighter with Saab in Linköping, Sweden. The Swiss team consisted of test pilots and engineers from both armasuisse and the Swiss Air Force.
The purpose of the… Continue reading
Boeing High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator Advances to High-power Testing
Under a follow-on contractual effort from the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), Boeing will continue developing a truck-mounted directed energy system that improves warfighters’ ability to counter rockets, artillery, mortars and unmanned aerial threats.
Under the High… Continue reading
EADS North America begins voluntary flight demonstration of Armed Aerial Scout combat helicopters for U.S. Army
Demo flights will showcase AAS-72X+ high/hot performance for Army’s Armed Aerial Scout mission
HERNDON, Va., Sept. 26, 2012 EADS North America has begun its voluntary flight demonstration (VFD) for the Army’s Armed Aerial Scout helicopter program, flying two aircraft at… Continue reading
Boeing, American Airlines 737-800 ecoDemonstrator Airplane Prepares for Flight Test Program
Boeing has completed assembly of an American Airlines, Next-Generation 737-800 to be used as a flying test bed for validating environmentally progressive technologies. The airplane, known as the ecoDemonstrator, is being outfitted with advanced technologies and test equipment before it… Continue reading
Mantis concept demonstrator targeted to fly in the UK
BAE Systems has announced its intention to re-fly the Mantis UAS Concept Demonstrator – this time in UK airspace. This will be the first flight of a UAS (Unmanned Air System) of this class in UK airspace
Flying Mantis will… Continue reading
Official launch of the nEUROn, the new generation technology demonstrator for a European UCAV
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dassault Aviation, to the representatives of the six countries collaborating… Continue reading
Bombardier and Korean Air to Showcase CSeries Aircraft Cabin Demonstrator at Seoul Air Show
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, demonstrating its commitment to Korean Air and the broader Asia-Pacific marketplace, will team with the airline to showcase a full-scale cabin demonstrator for the all-new CSeries aircraft at the Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition from October… Continue reading
Gear Up! U.S. Navy/Northrop Grumman X-47B Demonstrator Flies in Cruise Mode for First Time
The U.S. Navy/Northrop Grumman Corporation X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration aircraft reached a major milestone Sept. 30 when it retracted its landing gear and flew in its cruise configuration for the first time.
The flight, conducted at Edwards Air… Continue reading
Award-Winning X2 TechnologyTM Demonstrator Takes its Final Flight – Program paved the way for upcoming…
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s X2 Technology™ demonstrator has flown for the last time, the company announced today. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.
In an early morning demonstration flight conducted from the company’s new Sikorsky Innovations Center within its… Continue reading