Training
Spain’s Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas and Global Freedom recently conducted the first specific training for operational visual intelligence for ISR and UAS in the country. The training lasted two weeks. It was held last in December and six UAS payload operators from the Army were trained. This kind of
Testing
The US Customs and Border Protection agency just posted this video showing its new Unmanned Aircraft Systems specifically designed to patrol over open water. It details the setting up of its Predator B aircraft, the logistical and contractual hurdles that had to be jumped and their cooperation and integration with
The airframes expected to carry the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) are conventional-signature unmanned aircraft systems and will be followed by stealthy unmanned designs. NGJ is one of the U.S. Navy’s prized new programmes. To maintain its fiscal and technological attractiveness, acquisition officials are revealing some interesting revisions
Testing
Marking significant advancement in its maritime surveillance programme, the U.S. Navy recently began test flights on a radar system destined for an unmanned aircraft. The Navy completed the first flight of the Multi-Function Active Sensor (MFAS) radar system, the primary sensor on the MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime
Reports & Publications
Despite a somewhat flippant title (Sitting Ducks and Peeping Toms), this serious, in-depth work records in remarkable detail the story of unmanned aircraft development and use by the UK since 1916. Arising from research by the legendary Professor Archibald Low into wireless control of an aircraft’s movable surfaces,
The Federal Aviation Administration has pushed back the date when it will propose new rules for the use of small drones in national airspace. The FAA had said it planned on issuing its proposal, seen as the first step toward opening the nation’s skyways to drone aircraft, by this
VTOL
The Los Angeles Police Department is warning real estate agents not to use images of properties taken from unmanned aircraft, saying the flying drones pose a potential safety hazard and could violate federal aviation policy. The warning was issued this week after officers saw a television news report showing a
Testing
Marines witnessed the first flight of the service's newest small unmanned aircraft on January 22 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California. As part of the RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) Early Operational Capability (EOC), personnel from Marine Unmanned Aerial
Accidents
An Eitan-type (Heron TP) unmanned aircraft crashed near Moshav Yesodot in Israel on Sunday. No injuries were reported. An initial investigation suggests that the aircraft exceeded its flight restrictions apparently due to a human error. The damage is currently estimated at nearly $ 5 million. The crash occurred during a
Testing
The US Customs and Border Protection Agency is looking for a contractor that can help it evaluate the feasibility of using Unmanned Aircraft Systems to monitor the movement of possible human intruders into the United States along the U.S.-Mexican border. CBP’s office of air and marine currently
Events
The 27th Bristol International UAV Systems Conference will be held on Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 April 2012 in Bristol, United Kingdom. In keeping with tradition, the Conference will bring industry, researchers, academics and operators together to exchange views, information and experience on the topic of unmanned aircraft systems, their
Commercial
Energy companies have been testing small, unmanned aircraft as potential pipeline and drilling rig monitors. After the government, no one is as interested in unmanned systems as the energy industry. (The Interior Department has more than 40 unmanned aerial systems that it uses to monitor wildlife and fires.) Many of