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Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., has announced that it successfully conducted the maiden flight of the PicoSAR on the Integrator Tactical UAS. SELEX Galileo’s PicoSAR is a world leading, compact Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). The Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) and embedded advanced processing deliver
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Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern first tested one a UAS about a year ago. Now he’s looking into possibly bringing one to the Bay Area. His office would be the first in California to do it. Armed with live-video-feeding capabilities and different features, like infrared devices, these
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Dave Phillips performs a stunning aerobatic routine in de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth ZK-BLI. The de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and others as a primary trainer. The Tiger Moth
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senseFly has announced its new ultra-lightweight and powerful UAS for the surveying and mining industries: the eBee, a combination of cutting edge technology, aerodynamic expertise and innovative design. The company claims that theBee is the first professional-market UAS that is resistant to high winds yet remains inherently harmless
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When Prox Dynamics, Norway started the development of the PD-100 Black Hornet helicopter it performed a series of trade studies on different aircraft configurations: traditional single main/tail rotor (as the PD-100), coaxial rotors (such as the ProxFlyer), and quadrotors (commonly used in micro VTOL aircraft). The results
Bees are the next-gen weapons, for delivery of military payloads, reconnaissance and surveillance. Jesse Emspak, an analyst for Discovery, reports that researchers in the U.K. are attempting to build a "bee brain" in order to fill out requirements of what would be the new age of
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Embraer has revealed plans to "strengthen" its relationship with a Brazilian start-up building UAS. São José dos Campos-based Santos LAB emerged three years ago to supply a mini-UAS called the Carcara to the Brazilian military, and rapidly forged partnerships with major airframers. In 2011, Boeing
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will begin testing and evaluating small unmanned aircraft systems this month near Lawton, Oklahoma, under a federal and state initiative to study UAS applications for emergency response. The DHS is also considering the use of small UAS by its constituent organizations: the Coast
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Scion UAS, LLC has won a government contract worth up to $3 million to supply unmanned helicopters for unspecified uses.The company must deliver one such helicopter to the Naval Research Laboratory within six months, another three months later, with an option for a third, according to Scion co-founder
Technology
Today, October 9 2012, Felix Baumgartner will attempt a record-breaking freefall jump from 120,000 feet - 23 miles - above the earth as part of Red Bull Stratos: a mission to the edge of space. The attempt will take place near Roswell, NM, USA, and if successful, Felix Baumgartner could
On September 27, 2012, during the test flight of an ANKA prototype aircraft, a technical problem occurred that caused it to crash. The ANKA performed its first flight in December 2010, and has flown a six-month-long development test flights programme (for a total of about 100 sorties), began
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DARPA just released this video showing excerpts of a close-proximity test flight of two modified RQ-4A Global Hawks. This demonstration proved for the first time that High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) class aircraft can safely and autonomously perform the steps required for in-flight refuelling. The video shows