Gatewing, manufacturer of the X100 unmanned aircraft system for mapping and surveying, introduces Gatewing Stretchout, a new image processing solution which automatically converts X100 image data to accurate orthophotos and DSMs. “With Gatewing Stretchout we've challenged the accepted way of traditional photogrammetry by introducing highly advanced vision technology
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Denmark's Army is planning to buy tactical unmanned aircraft systems for avariety of different missions. A delegation of military officials visited Israel recently as part of a market assessment. They met the Israeli Air Force and some local manufacturers during the trip. In 2006 the Danish Defence Ministry
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MBDA Inc., the wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of missile manufacturer MBDA, has purchased Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Viper Strike munitions business, located in Huntsville, AL. Terms of the agreement are not being disclosed. The Viper Strike purchase is MBDA Inc.’s first acquisition in the U.S. and is
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L-3 Communications Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire the Kollmorgen Electro-Optical unit of Danaher Corp. for $210 million in cash. KEO develops and manufactures specialized equipment for the U.S. military, prime contractors and allied nations. Products include submarine photonics systems and periscopes, ship fire control
Accidents
Iran has rejected a US call for the return of an unmanned surveillance aircraft captured by Iran's military earlier this month. The unmanned aircraft was now "property" of Iran and it was up to Iran to decide what to do with it, Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi
Testing
This video demonstrates the automated tablet flight capabilities of the SwiftSight Unmanned Aircraft System. This system, developed by Dynetics, represents ease of use and construction for law enforcement officers, military personnel, emergency responders and hobbyists alike. Source: YouTube
Testing
A young team of airspace scientists of Imam Khomeini International University succeeded in building an unmanned aircraft, equipped with radar and professional ground-based surveillance station with the ability of sending live videos and aerial photographs. The aircraft is able to fly 2 kilometers above ground level, has a range
Launchers
Robonic Ltd Oy (a subsidiary of Sagem, Safran group) has delivered its eighth Robonic Kontio (type MC2555LLR) pneumatic launcher to Cassidian, an EADS company, to be used to expand the company’s on-going target drone services globally. “This delivery of the eighth launcher to Cassidian is very important to
Testing
Farmers in Idaho, in conjunction with the Unversity of Idaho, are testing unmanned aircraft as a means to improve efficiency. Robert Blair sees this sudden change in technology and innovation as a new frontier, even for farming, and hopes to create a new trend in agricultural technology. Source: America'
Accidents
A US unmanned surveillance aircraft crashed on Tuesday at Seychelles international airport on the main island of Mahe, the US embassy said. At approximately 10.13 hours, a US remote-piloted MQ-9 aircraft took off from Seychelles International Airport on a routine patrol. Minutes into the flight, the tower
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Photo: David Cenciotto The US Government is asking Iran to return the Lockheed Martin-built RQ-170 Sentinel that was recently downed over that country. “We’ve asked for it back. We’ll see how the Iranians respond,” President Obama said Monday during a news conference at the White House
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The US Air Force is buying a single General Atomics Predator C Avenger jet-powered unmanned combat aircraft. Lt. Gen. Thomas Owen, commander of the service's Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, approved the procurement. The value of the sole-source contract was censored.