Commercial
The “eyes in the sky” scenario outlined by the U.S. Pentagon is now beginning to make its way towards civil government use - a trend that will add significantly to commercial satellite bandwidth requirements over the long term, with UAS dominating the comms-on-the-move (COTM) segment until 2020.
Commercial
Armed with a remote-controlled helicopter nicknamed the "scientific predator", Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) scientists are circumnavigating Australia, documenting the tons of litter left or washed up on the nation's beaches and calculating the impact on marine life. Ecologist Dr Denise Hardesty said
Commercial
Gearing up to tackle possible chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) emergencies, premier Indian research organisation DRDO is developing an array of ground-based and unmanned aircraft systems to detect and map contamination zones in all geographical conditions. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is developing such systems and
Germany's armed forces and police currently operate 331 high-tech UAS inside and outside the country, and the government intends to swell the fleet, according to a media report that has alarmed civil rights advocates. According to a report published Wednesday in news magazine Der Spiegel, an official
Paris is open to offers from Germany and Italy to join an Anglo-French project to develop a medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned air system, according to the head of France's DGA Defence Procurement Agency. "No door is closed" to either country co-operating in
What combat helicopters and unmanned aircraft in Afghanistan need in a hurry is an inexpensive, lightweight rocket that can be fired with enough accuracy to guide itself through a window-size target from outside the range of small-arms and light anti-aircraft fire. The U.S. Navy believes it
The ‘HoverMast’ developed by the Israeli start-up company Sky Sapience is scheduled to go on an operational demonstration in the upcoming months, demonstrating the system’s capability to expand the surveillance coverage of unmanned ground vehicles. The payload currently integrated on the HoverMast is the T-Stamp from Controp,
Business
Icaros Inc and Mavinci have established an agreement whereby the Icaros process service will be added to the portfolio of MAVinci's post processing solutions. Any Mavinci customer will be able to upload Images into Icaros’ server for Orthophoto and DTM extraction, directly from Mavinci desktop application, creating easy
Testing
This video* shows China's Sunward Tech Star-lite SVU200 vertical take-off and landing unmanned aircraft during its maiden flight. The video is compiled from segments of the first test-flights of the Heavy-Lift SVU200, designed and built by Mr. Dennis Fetters with help from Mr. James
Military
Iran's Air Defence Force assessed the preparedness and performance of its air defense artillery and mid-range missile systems against low-altitude aerial threats during the military drills along the country's coastal waters in the Persian Gulf. The drills were staged by the air defence units
A briefcase filled with documents relating to a new Franco-British UAS project has been stolen at the Gare du Nord station in Paris. Police have been examining closed circuit film to discover who took the papers, reportedly on 2 February. UK PM David Cameron discussed a plan for a
Testing
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced the successful demonstration of an early prototype of its Due Regard Radar on a manned aircraft. The Due Regard Radar is a company-funded system that supports GA-ASI’s overall radar-based airborne sense-and-avoid architecture for its Predator B UAS.