The Federal Aviation Administration was to have established by August 12 the six locations where UAS could be tested and studied in preparation for their eventual commercial and personal use. Six weeks later, it still hasn’t happened, and many fear the U.S. could fall behind its competitors in
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U.S. Navy persistent-surveillance experts are awarding a $28 million contract to Logos Technologies Inc. in Fairfax, Va., for three Kestrel surveillance and reconnaissance systems for deployment on aerostats and airships operating at altitudes between 1,000 and 5,000 feet off the ground. The Logos Kestrel day/night
Propulsion
An effort is being made to decrease the noise emitted by engines used by the Israeli air force's unmanned aircraft systems. The need stems from the heavier payloads carried by the aircraft, which demand using their engines in high power mode. The noise footprint of some Elbit Systems
Training
The Unmanned Aircraft System Support Facility at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, was recently named the nation’s only Unmanned Aircraft Regional Flight Center. The Mississippi Army National Guard facility opened in 2009 in support of Detachment 1, Alpha Company, 155th Brigade Support Training Battalion. Its new mission expanded
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 92, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Subcommittee of the Aeronautics Committee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). The meeting will be held for the purpose of soliciting, from the aeronautics
Testing
It started as trash talk between two contributors to a national security blog. They decided to host a drone smackdown to see if one guy's machine could take down another. Unarmed drones, of course. The kind you can put together with a toy-store model and $200 in
Testing
Iran's propaganda organ Press TV claims that the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has unveiled a new indigenous unmanned aircraft with 24-hour nonstop flight capability. Called Shahed 129, it can carry out combat and reconnaissance missions with its 24-hour nonstop flight capability. The home-made aircraft
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Crescent Unmanned Systems LLC in New Orleans has just launched the Bravo 300 Tactical UAS. The Bravo 300 small unmanned aircraft system is a heavy lift system designed for stability, endurance and operation in extreme conditions . Capable of being equipped with various payloads, including HD photo and video cameras, infra-
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Pakistan's Defence Minister Naveed Qamar’s statement that Pakistan intends to build its own UAS system, which is presently in its initial stage, will certainly raise eyebrows in a few world capitals. The aircraft would prove to be a useful weapon to fight terrorists like Al-Qaeda, Afghan
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The US Army Fires Center of Excellence's Capabilities Development Integration Directorate(CDID)TRADOC Capability Manager ADA Brigade Systems (ADA Bde),Fort Sill are requesting information from Defence Industry regarding a capability to provide Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System(C-UAS)capabilities to current and projected Army formations. The resulting
The National Science Foundation will fund a three-year, $1 million project at Wright State University to design small unmanned aircraft that can autonomously react to problems and repair themselves in flight, according to the university. Wright State will collaborate with researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-
Electronic Sub-Systems
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