Military
Boeing has completed the first delivery of its tactical cross-domain technology, eXMeritus HardwareWall, to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) for integration into the Ground Control Station (GCS) of the Predator/Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft. The delivery is part of a contract from GA-ASI that includes additional
Lockheed Martin successfully conducted the first launch of a Shadow Hawk precision-guided weapon recently from a Shadow 200 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), achieving a direct hit on the target. Shadow Hawk is an 11-pound class, 2.75-inch diameter, 27-inch long drop-glide weapon. It is terminally
Business
AeroVironment, Inc. announced it received a firm fixed-price order valued at $3,653,519 on March 15, 2012 from the United States Marine Corps through an existing U.S. Army contract. The order includes RQ-11B Raven small unmanned aircraft systems and initial spares packages. The systems and spares
Business
The United States risks losing its current competitive edge in the unmanned aircraft market unless Washington acts soon to ease tough restrictions on their export for commercial use, the Chief Executive of Northrop Grumman Corp said at the Aero Club of Washington on Friday. Wes Bush, Chairman and Chief Executive
Military
CNN posted this report which features the White House Counter-Terrorism Adviser, John Brennan. He discusses the internal process involved in taking the decision when, and whether or not, to authorise a lethal UAS strike. Source: CNN
Commercial
Lyle Belew, Command Duty Officer in Predator Ops at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas, communicates with a Predator Pilot The drug runners call it "el mosco," the mosquito, and one recent evening on the southern tip of Texas, a Predator B armed with cameras buzzed
Events
Panelists at Aviation Week’s NextGen conference identified a proven sense-and-avoid system as the biggest challenge for the coming integration of unmanned aircraft into the national airspace system (NAS). They outlined the current status and challenges, both rule-making and technological, on the way to the goal: routine
Military
One part bazooka round; one part suicidal drone; one part stun round. What the U.S. Army hopes will emerge from that mix is a warhead that can loiter in midair while it hunts a human target — but won’t kill him when it finds him. That “Nonlethal Warhead for
Testing
The North American X-10 (model RTV-A-5) was an unmanned technology demonstrator for advanced missile technologies during the 1950s. The X-10 was similar to the development of Bell's X-9 Shrike project. To facilitate development of the long-range SM-64 Navaho surface-to-surface
Military
Russia will test fly its first domestically-produced strike unmanned aircraft in 2014, according to First Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Sukhorukov. In February, Army General Nikolay Makarov, the chief of the Russian General Staff, said the drone would be first test flied in late 2012, a revision of the initial
Commercial
This scary video shows just what can be done with an amateur COTS system in the hands of a skilled pilot. The pilot is known as ‘Kichahobo’, an FPV* fan from Iceland and the aircraft was flown with a Dragon Link long-range system - a UHF** FHSS*** radio system for
Propulsion
Urban Aeronautics will soon perform the first flight of an AirMule ducted fan unmanned aircraft system fitted with a double-redundant hydraulic system. The enhancement will allow for uninterrupted rotor pitch control in the event of a failure to one of the pressure supply lines. The new design underwent full