Targets
A small target drone designed by a group of Air Force Academy cadets could become the Air Force’s newest unmanned aircraft. Its mission: become a target for F-22s and F-35s to shoot down during training. The Air Force is considering the small unmanned aircraft along with another
Training
Maj Mirmirani, Dean of Embry-Riddle's College of Engineering, said that the College is "contemplating" adding a master's degree in autonomous and unmanned systems engineering, which could start in 2013. At the start of the fall semester in August, the university launched a bachelor&
Business
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was awarded a contract, valued at approximately $50 million, to supply Hermes 900 Unmanned Aircraft Systems to a governmental office of a country in the Americas. The UAS will be operated in a variety of perimeter security missions. The project will be performed over
Commercial
Georgia-based MarcusUAV is promoting its Zephyr system as the latest application for using an eye in the sky system for catching poachers. The main question asked by forest park rangers and game wardens is “How much ground can we cover?” The answer to this question depends on how much
Events
UVS International’s annual conference & exhibition for the global unmanned aircraft systems community with take place in Paris, France on 5-7 June 2012. In order to remain in line with the terminology [remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) & remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS)] being proposed by the International Civil
Business
The US Air Force has awarded two contracts totalling $70.5 million to defense contractor Raytheon Co. to support targeting systems used by missile-carrying Predator unmanned aircraft. The Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base awarded the contracts. Raytheon is to provide logistics support and improved imaging
Data Links & Communications
U.S. Navy leaders needed an electronics contract manufacturing specialist to build signal data processor-Sierra (SDP-S) systems for the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) programme, which blends radar information from several different Navy systems to create one common air defense tactical display, or "air picture," which is
Testing
The A160 Hummingbird systems that are being deployed to Afghanistan in May 2012 will take advantage of the Autonomous Real-time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance-Imaging System. Test flights will be carried out in Arizona at the start of the year before they are shipped to the Middle East. The Argus-
Testing
UA Vision LLC, a manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles, is teaming with other companies in Dayton to showcase its UAS, equipped with cameras and radio-frequency identification tags, for potential government and commercial customers around the country. The three-employee company, which builds UAS weighing between 4 and 50 pounds
Control Stations
New high-tech networking systems and ground stations in development would let a single pilot fly four aircraft, possibly even from different manufacturers, dramatically reducing the ground staff now needed for each plane. To save money and make unmanned aircraft less reliant on massive ground support crews, manufacturers are working
Business
Las Vegas-based Arcata Associates has been selected NASA’s 2011 Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year. It’s the second time in four years that Arcata, a 32-year-old engineering services and information technology firm, has won the award. The company, whose first contract was to provide
The Philippine military is considering using US military UAS to search for kidnapped Australian adventurer Warren Rodwell, who is being held by the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group. Officials say the aircraftwould make it easier for ground troops to locate members of the al-Qaeda-linked group who have demanded a