Accidents
Two US unmanned aircraft have crashed separately in southern Somalia near the border with Kenya, according to Iran's Press TV.One went down on the outskirts of Dhoobley town, situated 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Kenyan border and about 500 kilometers (312 miles) southwest of the Somali
Military
Embraer has revealed the first image of a new medium-altitude UAS now under development and aimed for the Brazilian defence and security market.The twin-boomed aircraft is being developed by the Harpia joint venture formed in September between Embraer and Elbit Systems subsidiary AEL. However, the Harpia UAS
UAE firm Adcom Systems is displaying a full-sized mock-up of a medium altitude long endurance UAS, called the United 40, in the static park at the Dubai Air Show.An illustration at the Adcom stand, however, labels what appears to be an identical aircraft the Yabhon-Smart Eye
Military
The Israeli Air Force's largest unmanned aircraft is scheduled to begin operations within several months after eight years in development.Several Eitan UAS are scheduled to begin operations in the various combat sectors including Gaza and Lebanon. The Eitan is 14 meters long and has 26 meter-long
Commercial
Head of the Khomeini-Shahr branch of the Islamic Azad University, Khalifeh Soltani, announced on Monday that a group of students have built an unmanned aircraft which specializes in rescue and relief operations. It has been built in a period of seven months and has cost about USD 15,000.
Respected UK daily newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, just published the Global Language Monitor Top 10 lists of the most commonly used words, phrases and names in English speaking media internet in the past year. It concludes that ‘drones’ has entered the list of the Top 10 most commonly used words
Events
Since its debut in 2008, the annual UAV Symposium has grown tremendously. To better reflect this growth and embrace the attention the field of unmanned systems receives globally, this annual meeting will be renamed “INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS”. ICUAS 12 will be held in Philadelphia, PA, during the
Commercial
The process of establishing the world’s first operational lunar base and propellant depot business in space is underway as the Shackelton Energy Company launches its initial fund raising campaign. This comes in the footsteps of recent amazing new discoveries of huge deposits of propellant-feedstock ice on the moon
Events
On 16 November 2011, the European Commission UAS Panel’s 4th Workshop will take place in the Europa meeting room at EUROCONTROL headquarters in Brussels, Belgium from 09.00 to 17.40 (registration starts at 08.30). This workshop will cover the following topics and their pertinence to UAS: societal
Events
On 25-27 October 2011 the UAS Latin America conference & exhibition took place at the Technology Park in Sao José dos Campos in Brazil. The conference, which was organised, under the auspices of UVS International, jointly by Blyenburgh & Co, France and Organização Brasilieira para o Desenvolvimento da Certificação
Testing
A team of seven students from the Terrassa School of Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering (ETSEIAT) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. BarcelonaTech (UPC) have developed the technology for flying the Solar Endeavour UPC, Spain's first photovoltaic-powered plane built by students. The project's main goal was
Events
The Technology Training Corporation is holding a two-day conference on “UAS Payloads – Needs, Capabilities and Opportunities.” The conference starts tomorrow, Tuesday November 15th at the Holiday Inn On-The-Bay, San Diego, California.The conference brings together innovators and decision makers from both the US Department of Defense and