Commercial
UNOSAT took delivery today of its second UAS in a little over one month, this time a so-called quadrocopter. This latest model will be used to diversify UNOSAT’s mini-UAV fleet and to complement the Programme’s local mapping capacity. The quadrocopter is particularly suitable for close-up
Military
Elbit Systems' Hermes 900 multi-mission UAS will make its first real-size appearance at the upcoming Singapore Air Show, which takes place from February 14 to 19, 2012. The aircraft will be displayed at the Static Display Area together with the following payloads: * DCoMPASS - Digital Compact Multi-Purpose
Business
Advanced Defense Technologies, Inc. announced that the Company is designing the sensors, signals intelligence (SIGINT), detection, and communication systems for unmanned aircraft systems. Global spending on UAS is forecast to nearly double in the next decade, growing to $11.3 billion a year -- and suggesting a near-$95 billion market
Testing
Northwest UAV Propulsion Systems announced that it has been awarded a contract under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) UAVForge programme to manufacture 15 units of the winning design. UAVForge is a DARPA and Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic (SSC Atlantic) collaborative initiative to design, build
Events
The Red River Valley Research Corridor: Unmanned Aviation Systems Action Summit 2012 will be held on May 22-23, 2012 at the Alerus Center, Grand Forks, North Dakota. The 6th UAS Action Summit will hear from presenters, including industry leaders, policy makers, entrepreneurs and researchers, who will discuss and explore
The new US defense-budget plan includes funding for an a floating unmanned aircraft base that also could be used as a launching pad for commandos. The vessel—called an "afloat forward staging base"—would be a platform that could be configured to carry and refuel small patrol
Military
Iran claims that it is set to unveil a new domestically-built high performance unmanned aircraft. Mehdi Iraji, the aeronautics engineer in charge of the project, said on Sunday that the new remote-controlled aircraft, called A1, has a maximum flight ceiling of 10,000 feet (3,000 meters). It
Training
Spain’s Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas and Global Freedom recently conducted the first specific training for operational visual intelligence for ISR and UAS in the country. The training lasted two weeks. It was held last in December and six UAS payload operators from the Army were trained. This kind of
Testing
The US Customs and Border Protection agency just posted this video showing its new Unmanned Aircraft Systems specifically designed to patrol over open water. It details the setting up of its Predator B aircraft, the logistical and contractual hurdles that had to be jumped and their cooperation and integration with
The airframes expected to carry the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) are conventional-signature unmanned aircraft systems and will be followed by stealthy unmanned designs. NGJ is one of the U.S. Navy’s prized new programmes. To maintain its fiscal and technological attractiveness, acquisition officials are revealing some interesting revisions
Testing
Marking significant advancement in its maritime surveillance programme, the U.S. Navy recently began test flights on a radar system destined for an unmanned aircraft. The Navy completed the first flight of the Multi-Function Active Sensor (MFAS) radar system, the primary sensor on the MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime
The Federal Aviation Administration has pushed back the date when it will propose new rules for the use of small drones in national airspace. The FAA had said it planned on issuing its proposal, seen as the first step toward opening the nation’s skyways to drone aircraft, by this