Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Piaggio Resumes Flight Testing of Unmanned HammerHead
A second prototype of the unmanned P.180 Avanti derivative returned to flight test status after a first prototype crashed in May 2016.
Piaggio's P.1HH HammerHead resumed flying on July 5. (Photo: Piaggio Aerospace)
Piaggio's P.1HH HammerHead resumed flying on July 5. (Photo: Piaggio Aerospace)

Flight testing of the P.1HH HammerHead unmanned aircraft system resumed on July 5, just over a year after a prototype crashed in the Mediterranean Sea, Italy’s Piaggio Aerospace announced. Plans call for first deliveries of the aircraft next year, the manufacturer said.