Testing
Indra made a flight demo of two of its unmanned aircraft - Mantis plane and the Pelican helicopter - at Villamartin aerodrome (Cadiz, Spain) during the European Robotics Week. The Mantis is the smallest model (2,10 meter wing) of the family of UAS developed by the company. The system, ready to
Testing
Sagem (Safran group) has successfully completed a series of flight tests of its long-endurance unmanned surveillance aircraft, Patroller. These 14 test flights, carried out at the Istres air force base in southern France from September 19 to October 21, met the following objectives: * Qualification of the aircraft’s in-
Military
A US unmanned surveillance aircraft that went missing last week in western Afghanistan appears to have crashed in Iran. According to state television in Iran, the nation’s defence forces brought the aircraft down, which the Iranian reports said was an RQ-170 stealth aircraft. US officials acknowledged Sunday that
Commercial
High-end real estate agent Stephen Shapiro, is now using video taken from a small hexrotor unmanned helicopter to sell expensive homes in Southern California. In this tough economic market selling a home formerly owned by a star can even be a tough sell. To the person with $25 million
Commercial
Unmanned aircraft equipped with specialised imaging devices could monitor the general status of remote gas fields in Russia. Anglo-Russian venture TNK-BP announced it was starting to organize a fleet of aerial drones to monitor its Samotlorskoe gas field in West Siberia. The aircraftwere developed especially for the company
Testing
Boeing has been using Odense Airport in Denmark for test flights of small unmanned aircraft. The tests involved designing new technologies to make unmanned aircraft able to fly more predictably and efficiently. Boeing chose Odense for its test flights, because there is plenty of capacity at the airport and place
Payloads
Harris Corporation is broadening the capabilities of its RF-7800T Situational Awareness Video Receiver (SAVR) to address growing requirements for secure wireless digital intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance video at the tactical edge. Harris has integrated the Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Digital Data Link (SUAS-DDL) waveform with the RF-7800T
Business
Elbit Systems of America, LLC, announced that it purchased from General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products its holdings in UAS Dynamics, LLC, a joint venture established by Elbit and General Dynamics to provide UAS to the U.S. market, thus making Elbit Systems of America the sole owner of UAS
Testing
Raytheon Missile Systems says that it has completed initial flight testing of its smallest air-launched guided weapon aboard a small unmanned aircraft. In a so-called captive-carry test in mid-September, the 12-pound Small Tactical Munition (STM) was flown aboard a Raytheon Cobra unmanned aircraft system at
Military
AVX Aircraft Co., announced that it teamed with BAE Systems to submit a proposal for the planned Medium Range Maritime Unmanned Aerial System. "We think we've got a good proposal from the standpoint of meeting the [Navy] requirements," AVX spokesman Mike Cox said. The two companies
Control Stations
Presagis, a provider of commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) modeling, simulation, and embedded graphics solutions, announced that it has signed a Corporate License Agreement with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. The Agreement will enable a closer and more strategic business arrangement between Presagis and GA-ASI, while governing all future
Commercial
Marine authorities in the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning near the North Korea-China border are using an unmanned aircraft to watch illegal activities in waters off North Korea. Since not many countries use UAS for coastal patrols, there is speculation that China wants to monitor North Korean defectors who