Military
The US Navy will usher in a new era next month in Coronado by launching its first unmanned-helicopter squadron, which will train current pilots and enlisted nonpilots to fly the up to 6,000-pound unmanned aircraft that may eventually claim a spot on every Navy ship. The Navy
Commercial
District Collector Anshul Mishra announced that a six-member team deployed a UAS to inspect the granite quarry at Idayapatti, in Madurai district. The pictures downloaded from the UAS were not only exhaustive but also precise. It helped in unravelling the huge volume of granite stones stocked in open yards.
Business
AeroVironment, Inc. announced that it received $16,472,298 in additional funding to perform on Aug. 10, 2012 from the United States Army under a contract action with a total projected value of $65,889,191. The company announced the initial $15.8 million funding of that contract action on
Commercial
NASA has begun its latest hurricane science field campaign by flying an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft over Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic Ocean during a day-long flight from California to Virginia.With the Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) mission, NASA for the first time will be flying Global
Propulsion
Early this month, Liaoning General Aviation Academy displayed China's first carbon material fuel cell powered UAS "LEINIAO". Mr. Xue Ji who involved in the research and development told reporters, that "LEINIAO" is large sized UAS in the UAS family. Its wingspan can reach up
Testing
Unmanned Systems Group (UMS) has announced the maiden flight of the Discoverer II Remotely Piloted Air System on 3rd September 2012 from the Karlskoga airfield in Sweden. The production prototype was built in the company’s facility in Linköping and was flown by the UMS Head of Flight Operations, Dave
Commercial
A year and a half ago, Miami-Dade Police Department received two Honeywell T-Hawks as part of a Department of Justice grant. It was the first large metro force in the nation to get these metallic eyes in the sky, and hoped to use them as support during hostage
Commercial
At the crack of dawn the O.R.C.A Force successfully launched their unmanned aircraft to capture footage of the sealers at Cape Cross, Namibia. The images captured from the video stream shows the area of the seal reserve, the sealers stepping out of their vehicles and the full
Business
AeroVironment Inc. posted a first-quarter loss of $1.4 million, or 6 cents a share, brought on by decreased sales of its unmanned aircraft. Analysts on average had forecast a loss of 3 cents a share.In the same period last year the company had a profit of $326,
The European Commission’s (EC) Staff Working Paper (SWD) entitled “Towards a European strategy for the development of civil applications of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems", which summarizes the conclusions of its UAS Panel process and provides an understanding on the issues at stake, and the actions needed, was published
Events
The highlight of this year’s Voestalpine Klangwolke Festival in Linz, Austria, was a choreographed air show with 49 quadcopters equipped with LEDs. Ars Electronica Futurelab and Ascending Technologies GmbH set a world record with the largest swarm of these “quadrocopters” outdoors at the same time. With spectacular lighting effects
This video shows what is believed to be the first Free Syrian Army UAS. According to the speaker, the DIY Unmanned Aircraft is equipped with a camera and is capable of carrying 50 kg of explosive “against Assad's forces”. Three meters in length with a 3 m wingspan,