Military
MQM-107D Streaker The North Korean military is developing unmanned "suicide" attack aircraft to target South Korean troops on the northwestern islands, a South Korean Army source claimed Sunday. The South Korean military in turn plans to procure all-weather unmanned tactical dirigibles capable of carrying out reconnaissance
Military
Elbit Systems has expanded its portfolio of payloads with the recent launch of a Hermes 450 and Hermes 900 UAS hyper-spectral payload with new intelligence capabilities. Based on Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop’s proprietary research, the unique, innovative hyper-spectral imaging technology enables simultaneous imaging of the region
Military
Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, at an Air Force Association event in Washington on February 2, previewed more details of the USAF portion of the fiscal 2013 budget request that comes out February 13. “We will retire the RQ-4 Global Hawk block 30 fleet, which is about 18 aircraft”
A House-Senate conference report last week called on the Administration to accelerate the use of civilian unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in US airspace. The pending authorisation bill for the Federal Aviation Administration directs the Secretary of Transporation to develop within nine months “a comprehensive plan to safely accelerate the
Commercial
What appeared to be human forms recently seen flying over New York City made passes along the Brooklyn Bridge, flew past the Statue of Liberty, and some even performed loops -- they were also part of a viral marketing campaign. To promote a movie, three remote-controlled aircraft designed to look
Training
Pfc. James Leaverton receives his aviation wings from Commanding General of the Intelligence Center of Excellence Jerry Proctor – Photo: Beatrice Richardson Private First Class James Leaverton was honoured for being the 10,000th unmanned aircraft system operator to graduate at the United States Army Intelligence Center of Excellence (USAICoE), Fort
Commercial
MI6 Films is one of the operators targeted by the FAA in its crackdown on the use of remote-control aircraft to shoot aerial video and photos for the real estate trade. The company used a substantial aircraft to carry full-sized motion picture camera gear and rented the aircraft
Electronic Sub-Systems
TiaLinx, Inc., a developer of remotely controlled small unmanned aerial and ground systems integrated with mm-wave miniaturized radars has announced launch of its Cheetah Core W-band components for point-to-point (PtP) gigabit per second (Gbps) links. TiaLinx's ultra wideband (UWB) components were developed by a
Commercial
A Clarkson University research team, led by Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering Professors Pier Marzocca, Suresh Dhaniyala and Lin Tian, is readying its unmanned aircraft, the Clarkson RAVEN (Research Aerial Vehicle for Experimental Needs), to acquire wind turbulence data. The three Clarkson faculty, along with colleagues from six institutions and companies
Commercial
16 North Dakota counties will soon use two small unmanned aircraft to monitor crime scenes and track suspects. Coordinating the project — part research, part law enforcement — is Al Frazier, a Grand Forks deputy sheriff and an assistant professor at the University of North Dakota. Sheriff's deputies and police
Testing
A new US Air Force X-plane designated X-56A will explore active control technology for potential use in future high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) reconnaissance aircraft. Designed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works, the X-56A flying wing will also later be flown by NASA, and is an
Military
The Marine Corps’ RQ-7 Shadow can’t handle the intense summer heat in Afghanistan, forcing units to rely instead on smaller aircraft for most daytime missions, according to an internal review of air operations in the war zone. Published in October by the Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned,