Accidents
A remote-controlled aircraft owned by an animal rights group was reportedly shot down near Broxton Bridge Plantation on Sunday, February 12. Steve Hindi, president of SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness), said his group was preparing to launch its Mikrokopter to video what he called a live pigeon shoot
Commercial
Innocon has received an order for its MiniFalcon II tactical unmanned air system from Northland Community and Technical College in Minnesota, with the equipment to be used as part of a new UAS training and maintenance programme. Innocon's contract includes one ground station and two air vehicles, with
Training
Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd and Singapore Polytechnic signed a Memorandum of Co-operation at the Singapore Airshow 2012 to co-operate in the training and development of specialists focusing on Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Students from SP's diploma in Aeronautical Engineering (DARE) and Aerospace Electronics Engineering (DASE) will benefit
David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy are expected to announce plans to develop a next-generation of unmanned stealth aircraft at a bilateral summit in Paris today. Headed by France's Dassault Aviation and British defence contractor BAE Systems, the project follows a cooperation accord signed by the two countries
Accidents
Afghans Inspect Damaged House After CrashA military headquarters in Afghanistan has confirmed that a Northrop Grumman EQ-4B Global Hawk crashed in the south-east city of Jalalabad on 21 August 2011 in a still unexplained mishap. The EQ-4 is an RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 20 modified to
Events
Yotaisc Technology is a Chinese company that's hoping to target South East Asia with its unmanned helicopter and has a stand at the Singapore Air Show for the first time. The company has so far only sold its X200 within China, but says it is the biggest private
Training
At first glance, the 15E Unmanned Aircraft Systems Maintainer Advanced and Senior Leadership Course at the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence Noncommissioned Officer Academy looks and feels like a well-oiled Army training machine honed over the years by experienced Soldiers. And that glance proves true, except for
Commercial
When the Gaston County Police Department purchased a “CyberBug” in 2006 for $30,000 from Cyber Defense Systems, Inc., with the help of a grant from the Department of Homeland Security, it had hoped to use the 14-pound unmanned aircraft to assist with police work in the small North
Electronic Sub-Systems
Cloud Cap Technology has announced that its Piccolo SL autopilot will be updated with some new components in the next few months. After 5 years of deliveries, several of the key components in the Piccolo have gone end of life and a refresh was in order. The new Piccolo SL+
Military
Insitu Inc. has announced that it has delivered and flown one of two Integrator Unmanned Aircraft Systems that will provide the U.S. Marine Corps an early operational capability for the Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) programme. "The Integrator system delivery at Twentynine Palms, just less than a
President Obama has signed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Modernization and Reform Act 2012—with funding and provisions for granting military, commercial, and privately-owned unmanned aircraft greater access to US airspace and air traffic management systems modernisation—into law. The bill includes important provisions on the integration of unmanned
Military
Bell/Northrop Grumman MQ-8C 'Fire X'The US Navy has cancelled its medium-range maritime unmanned air system (MRMUAS) programme, which was to produce a vertical-lift UAS to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services for up to 8 hours. The contest was hotly anticipated by established