Events
To conclude our series of exclusive interviews, our final interviewee is the event organiser himself, Joel Davis Founder & CEO of JD Events. Prior to founding JD Events in January of 2002, Joel spent 16 years as a senior executive in the tradeshow and conference industry. He began his event
Testing
The Army Research Lab, or ARL, is testing UAVs that might sport wings that flap like a bird or a butterfly at the Spesutie Island Robotics Research Facility on Chesapeake Bay. John W. Gerdes III, mechanical engineer at the Vehicle Technology Directorate, has been testing such a UAV, known as
Business
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. announced that construction has commenced on its new, five-and-a-half acre RPA training facility at Grand Sky Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) business and aviation park in Grand Forks, North Dakota. “Today’s groundbreaking of our new state-of-the-art training facility continues
Construction
During the Robotic Technology Exhibition in Dubai, Lockheed Martin demonstrated the Indago quadrotor UAS equipped with an EO/IR payload
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport authorities confiscated a total of 38 small unmanned aircraft systems or drones in the past three months. Assistant commissioner Md Shahiduzzaman Sarkar of Dhaka Customs House told Prothom Alo that no one had contacted to take back the seized drones. However, the last 10 drones that
Business
At the Dubai Airshow in 2013, Adcom Systems' exhibit was dominated by a full-scale model of the UAE-based airframer's latest creation - the 12-tonne Global Yabhon unmanned aircraft. This year the focus is not on the Global Yabhon, but on Adcom's global expansion.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has announced that it opened an office in Abu Dhabi in August to support its Middle East and North African (MENA) customers. Additionally, it will support the United Arab Emirates, the first customer of the Predator RPA -series outside of the U.S.
Propulsion
CyPhy Works Parc hexrotor can stay aloft as long as its services are needed, monitoring its surroundings 24-7 with a gyro-stabilized high-definition camera until its humans owners decide it’s time for a break. Parc gets its juice from a micro-filament that also carries data back
Regulations
The University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and the Danish Transport and Construction Agency are now joining forces to support and promote the development of technological and infrastructural solutions that will ensure the effective and safe use of drones. "By entering into this collaboration, the Danish Transport and Construction Agency
Military
AgustaWestland has given international show debuts to a pair of its optionally-piloted and unmanned air vehicle designs in Dubai. Sporting a black livery and based on the SW-4 airframe produced by Polish subsidiary PZL Swidnik, the 1.8t Solo has previously undergone a series of flight trials in
Researchers at Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering say drones as small as 8 pounds will have “devastating” effects if sucked into the turbofan engines of commercial aircrafts. Computer-simulated tests showed an 8-pound drone would rip apart the fan blades of a a 9-foot diameter turbofan engine
A remotely piloted aircraft crashed Wednesday in Afghanistan while on a surveillance mission, US Forces Afghanistan said. The aircraft crashed at 4:45 p.m. local time in the mountains of the Mosahi District in Kabul province, Army Col. Michael Lawhorn, US Forces-Afghanistan spokesman, said in a statement. The