Testing
Raytheon has successfully demonstrated the enhanced capabilities of its new CSP HD turret, a high definition electro-optical and infrared version of its Common Sensor Payload (CSP). The initial CSP HD system flight test occurred on a U.S. Army Gray Eagle UAS platform in September. Built upon the existing
Business
EMT has announced the 50th flight sortie of its LUNA TUAS (Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System), with a EASA certified, ADS-B (Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) transponder in Afghanistan. LUNA's new ADS-B transponder ensures electronic visibility to the air traffic controller, enabling better coordination of unmanned and manned
Business
During the UVS-TECH 2012 Exhibition in Moscow, Swiss Company FLYING ROBOTS SA and Russian Company NEFTEGAZAEROKOSMOS signed a Partnership Agreement in order to adapt the newly launched Soft Wing Aerial Navigator (FR SWAN X1) to the requirements of the Russian Oil and Gas industry. This Agreement defines the use
Business
Israel Aerospace Industries’ Heron has marked a new achievement last month when crossing the Andes during an operational flight demonstration held in a South American country. The system successfully demonstrated its advanced abilities for long range missions using Satellite communication for control and activation. The UAS was carrying a Synthetic
Testing
[youtube FFGfq0pRczY nolink] In this video, the Pet-Proto, a predecessor to DARPA's Atlas robot, is confronted with obstacles similar to those robots might face in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC). To maneuver over and around the obstacles, the robot exercises capabilities including autonomous decision-making, dismounted mobility
Last Friday marked 50 years since Boeing delivered its last B-52 Stratofortress to the U.S. Air Force. H-model bomber 61-040 was assigned to Minot Air Force Base, N.D., where it remains in active service. Boeing built 744 B-52s, in eight different models, from 1952
Data Links & Communications
Four years after discovering that militants were tapping into UAS video feeds, the U.S. military still hasn’t secured the transmissions of more than half of its fleet of Predator and Reapers, Danger Room has learned. The majority of the aircraft still broadcast their classified video streams “in the
Accidents
British Army operations involving leased Elbit Systems Hermes 450 tactical unmanned aircraft have recorded 11 crashes in the past five years, Armed Forces Minister Andrew Robathan has revealed. "Since 2007 there have been 11 Hermes 450 crashes in Afghanistan," Robathan said in response to a parliamentary question on
Military
Sudan has accused that the Yarmouk munitions factory in Sudan, believed to be supplying weapons to the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, was attacked in Israeli Air Force’s last long-range raid against a nearby “dangerous terrorist state.” Although it was neither confirmed nor denied by Tel Aviv,
Reports & Publications
The National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law offers this publication as a service to inform the debate about how the plan to integrate UAS into the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS) should be formulated and what it should ultimately contain. Although there are many important aspects
Swarms
Events
Twenty journalists, policy and legal specialists and aerospace technology experts gathered at the Institute on Oct 22 to discuss challenges posed by the use of unmanned aircraft in news gathering. The event was co-sponsored by the Reuters Institute and the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy at University