Business
German company 3W Modellmotoren, which produces the motors for small airplanes, stated that dealers resold some of its technologies to Belarus for the use in unmanned aircraft. As Managing Director Pert Wintrich stated, it is quite possible that Belarus received the motors from one of the dealers. “You never know
Testing
Boeing just posted this video of its wind tunnel model shop in Seattle. Its a behind-the-scenes look at where small-scale versions of all future Boeing aircraft are built and tested. Source: YouTube
The University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University have partnered with NASA, working on an automatic sense and avoid system for unmanned aircraft. Dr. Mark Askelson with the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at UND says, “We’re doing this work so we can test it, gather real data
Military
France, which had favoured a joint project with Britain to build military UAS under the previous government, is looking at partnerships with other countries, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday, as he criticized the cost and effectiveness of the project with Great Britain. Le Drian previously said
Electronic Sub-Systems
Acquisition by defence giant Lockheed Martin in January has put Procerus Technologies, a manufacturer of avionics for small unmanned aircraft systems, on the product-development fast track. Just six months later, Procerus showcased the results of an infusion of resources from its new parent, flying a new vertical-take-off-
Business
U.S. Air Force researchers are looking to image-processing expert MotionDSP Inc. in Burlingame, California, to use graphics processing unit (GPU) technology to enhance persistent-surveillance imagery gathered from sensors aboard unmanned aircraft. Officials of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, awarded a
Business
Swiss UAV announced that it has delivered three new VTOL UA systems based on the all new „Mjolnir“ to end customers in Germany - DLR (ARTIS), ESG (UMAT) and the German ‚Bundeswehr’ (MUSECO). The new VTOL UAS distinguishes itself by its modularity.The ARTIS has been fitted out with a laser
Commercial
A battalion of Special Forces (BOPE) from the Brazilian city of Rio do Janeiro started using unmanned aircraft air monitor the drugs trade and gangs in shanty towns surrounding the "marvellous city". The VANTS (Portuguese for UAS) manufactured by the Brazilian Military Engineering Institute with Israeli technology are
Testing
A Fury 1500 tactical unmanned aircraft system from AME Unmanned Air Systems (AME UAS) transmitted live, full-motion video to a ground terminal over a high-bandwidth commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) satellite communications (SATCOM) link. The Fury 1500, developed at AME's UAS facility in San Luis Obispo,
Military
The US Navy will usher in a new era next month in Coronado by launching its first unmanned-helicopter squadron, which will train current pilots and enlisted nonpilots to fly the up to 6,000-pound unmanned aircraft that may eventually claim a spot on every Navy ship. The Navy
Commercial
District Collector Anshul Mishra announced that a six-member team deployed a UAS to inspect the granite quarry at Idayapatti, in Madurai district. The pictures downloaded from the UAS were not only exhaustive but also precise. It helped in unravelling the huge volume of granite stones stocked in open yards.
Business
AeroVironment, Inc. announced that it received $16,472,298 in additional funding to perform on Aug. 10, 2012 from the United States Army under a contract action with a total projected value of $65,889,191. The company announced the initial $15.8 million funding of that contract action on