Xandem founder Joey Wilson shows off the company's motion-detecting sensor nodes. Xandem is building a new kind of all-seeing motion-detection system that's poised to shake up the security market. There are many different ways to track motion, but most commercial systems rely on
DARPA is looking for partners to develop a radar detection system that can lock onto moving targets even through clouds and dust, according to a contracting document. The technology, when mounted on remotely-piloted aircraft, could improve the quality of imagery, increase the precision of air strikes and reduce collateral
Military
This 15-minute video shows an MQ-9 Reaper taking off and landing at Wheeler Sack Army Airfield (WSAAF) at Fort Drum, New York on 05 April 2012. The MQ-9 is from the 174th Fighter Wing which launches and recovers its aircraft at WSAAF. The video was shot by
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AeroVironment has announced that the U.S. Marine Corps is the first military service to adopt four different small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from the company with the receipt of a firm fixed-price order valued at $5,558,479 for the RQ-20A Puma AE through an existing U.
Accidents
An unexpected degree of aero-shell degradation was "the most probable cause" of the premature flight termination of DARPA's Hypersonic Technology Vehicle during a flight over the Pacific Ocean last August, according to the findings of the agency's independent engineering review board. Following an
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Swiss UAV has signed a contract with EADS Astrium to implement the "DeckFinder" relative positioning system for high-precision landings on moving ground on its Neo series. "One of the key benefits of rotary wing aircraft is their flexibility to operate from smallest start & landing sites&
Events
This video was just posted showing a quick overview of some of the projects being worked on at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. It includes several unmanned aircraft projects and was first presented on February 24, 2012, by Dryden Center Director, David McBride at the Antelope Valley Board
Military
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has dismissed Tehran's claims that it has recovered data from the RQ-170 that went down in Iran late last year. Without providing details, Panetta said that "based on my experience that I would seriously question their ability to do what they
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Northrop Grumman has received a new $262.3 million contract to develop and build a new MQ-8C version of the Firescout unmanned rotorcraft, the US Navy announced on 23 April. The aircraft will port all of the avionics and data-links of the existing MQ-8B to the much
View Map of Domestic Drone Authorizations in a larger Google map. Last week the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) finally released its first round of records in response to EFF’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit for information on the agency's unmanned aircraft authorisation programme. The agency says
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AeroVironment announced it received a firm fixed-price order valued at $20,430,433 from the U.S. Army for RQ-20A Puma AE small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) on March 27, 2012. The Puma AE systems will provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities for security, route clearance operations and
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Northrop Grumman will roll-out the first US Navy MQ-4C in June, company and USN officials say. The first USN test aircraft is about to enter ground testing, says Captain Jim Hoke, Naval Air Systems Command's (NAVAIR) programme manager for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned