Business
The Indian government has quietly approved the purchase of 10 missile-armed UAS from Israel — a crucial acquisition that will enhance India's cross-border military strike capability. The $400-million proposal for buying armed Heron TP UAS from Israel was cleared last week.These aircraft will be operated
Accidents
On a cloudy October morning last year, an unarmed United Nations drone on a surveillance mission over eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo crashed and burned in farmland just north of the city of Goma. Local residents quickly gathered at the crash site, where U.N. officials later retrieved some
Business
Airogistic LLC, a pioneer for developing UAV infrastructure products and services, has announced the product rollout of the DroneDome. The DroneDome is an outdoor netted shelter that allows for the use and testing of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) in a controlled and personnel safe environment. Companies and organizations can
Regulations
Multinational law firm Hogan Lovells has hired unmanned aircraft systems advocate Gretchen West, who will provide business and regulatory consulting to the firm's clients who use or seek to use drones commercially. West, a nonlawyer with an MBA, joins the firm's Silicon Valley government regulatory practice
Commercial
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles to inspect wear and tear on wind turbines is coming into its own, and may well be a $6 billion business by 2024, Navigant Research reports. In a new analysis, "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Inspection Services for Wind Turbines: Global Market Assessment and
Military
Russia is developing a heavy drone that could be used both as reconnaissance and combat aircraft, one of its designers said in an interview Wednesday. The two ton Avius-1 UAV will bristle with hi-tech gear including an on-board radar and a satellite communications system, Igor Bevzyuk, deputy
Military
BlueBird Aero Systems unveiled the enhanced version of its ThunderB tactical unmanned air vehicle at the AUS&R 2015 conference in Israel. The long-endurance ThunderB weighs around 28kg (61lb), and according to its Israeli developer creates a new niche in the tactical UAV sector because it has capabilities
Accidents
A total electrical failure caused by a short circuit led to the crash of an MQ-1B Predator in the Central Command Area of Responsibility March 1, 2015, according to an Air Combat Command abbreviated accident investigation board report released on Wednesday September 9th. The aircraft was assigned to the
Video
Two of The Vintage Aviator Ltd's rotary engine powered aircraft, a 1918 Fokker D.VIII monoplane, and a 1917 Sopwith Camel are shown here during a simulated dogfight at low level as may have been seen over the front lines during the closing stages of World War One
Commercial
According ASPCA, every year, only about 17 percent of lost pets in shelters are reunited with their families. Return-to-owner rate for electronic searching and ID pets was over 45 percent. Of the dogs entering shelters, 26% who came in as strays are returned to their owner. Of the
Commercial
In everything but material, Carbon Flyer is a fancy paper airplane. It has two propellers and a Bluetooth controller, and the plane’s structure is carbon fibre, giving it a rigidity and strength that paper lacks. In addition, it has a camera and lights, making it far more drone than
China's new CH-5 — or "Rainbow 5" — large-sized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can carry at least eight AR-1 missiles and even the under-development FT-7 small diameter bomb, reports the Beijing-based Sina Military Network. The CH-5, developed by the China Academy