P.1HH HAMMERHEAD FLIES USING SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS

On May 24, 2018, Piaggio Aerospace announced the successful achievement of the first flight test programme with its remotely piloted P.1HH HammerHead aircraft, aimed at experimenting satellite control of a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) system. The flight test programme was performed in partnership with Telespazio, (joint venture between Leonardo and Thales), which provided the satellite technology. During the trial, the satellite allowed both to communicate to the P.1HH the necessary information for the command and control of the aircraft as also to transmit from the aircraft to the ground the on-board sensors’ data acquired during the flight.