Dutch company PAL-V Europe NV has released this video [below] of successful test flights of it's flying car, PAL-V (Personal Air and Land Vehicle). During the past two weeks, several test flights were conducted at the Gilze Rijen Airport (The Netherlands). The patented vehicle flies in
Elbit Systems has launched an Integrated Maritime Awareness Concept and Solution (IMACS) suit, developed to answer the unique defense requirements of maritime infrastructure facilities, such as oil and gas rigs. Strategically important, these facilities call for a unique protection concept due to the potential threats posed by pirate and terror
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FAA will hold two webinars scheduled to discuss the identification of six test ranges/sites for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) integration into the NAS. This is a pilot project in response to the congressional mandate found in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, H.R. 658, Section 331(
L-3 Integrated Optical Systems announced that it has been selected by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for the next phase of the Ultra Wide Field of View Wide Area Airborne Surveillance Sensor (WAASS) development programme. This surveillance system research and development programme will continue to demonstrate a wide
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The U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded CSC an Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) contract to deliver streaming Video as a Service. This is an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) multiple award contract (MAC) with three prime awardees. The contract has a 60-month period of performance,
AeroVironment has added Sentient’s Kestrel Land MTI software solution to AV’s family of small UAS by automatically detecting moving objects in electro-optical (EO) and infrared (IR) full motion video (FMV). Integrated with AV’s existing common Ground Control System (GCS), which serves the Puma, Raven and Wasp,
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To ensure continuous coverage of its oceanic frontiers, the Indian navy would need six to eight Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). This number would allow India to keep a BAMS airborne all day, every day for 365 days a year, says a
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The Commercial and Civil Small UAS Conference hosted by Kansas State University and the Kansas Adjutant General’s Department, will take place on Tuesday, June 12 in Wichita, Kansas. The progress of small unmanned aircraft systems integration into the national airspace, their use in emergency and disaster response, and their
Major General Anthony G. Crutchfield, Commanding General of the US Army Aviation Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker The military's budget may shrink, but the outlook on Army aviation is optimistic, said the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence. More than 1,000
Photo: BoeingNASA is claiming a breakthrough in quiet supersonic aircraft, with successful wind tunnel tests of designs that combine low sonic boom and low cruise drag - characteristics once thought to be mutually exclusive. Commenting on the completion of boom and performance tests by Boeing and Lockheed Martin, NASA Supersonic Fixed
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Bell Helicopter and Textron Systems operating unit AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, both Textron Inc. companies have teamed to develop a Manned Unmanned Operations (MUMO) Capability Development Laboratory in Huntsville, AL. to enable a software and hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) development test capability using operationally relevant systems specific to manned
AeroVironment, Inc. unveiled a new miniature gimballed sensor payload on the battle-proven RQ-11B Raven small unmanned aircraft system at the Army Aviation Association of America Annual Professional Forum and Exposition yesterday. The modular payload includes a high-resolution color and an infrared thermal video sensor, as well as