Commercial
In mid-June, as the largest wildfire in Arizona history raged, US Customs and Border Protection Officer David Gasho sent one of the Predator Bs over residential neighbourhoods in search of rogue brush fires. Working from an air-conditioned trailer, his crew aimed an airborne infrared camera through thick smoke
Testing
The aerospace industry’s Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation & Assessment (ASTRAEA) programme is about to test wireless communication system designed to allow a UAS to securely send video footage and other information to its ground-based operator at the highest possible speed, even when it is out of
Electronic Sub-Systems
The FireWire has been established as an aircraft vehicle management (VMS) network in the X-47B developed by Northrop-Grumman Group. Northrop-Grumman Group has developed the X-47B as part of the J-UCAS program of the DARPA. The combat aircraft is now part of the UCAS-D programme
Testing
General Dynamics Information Technology has been selected by the US Air Force Research Laboratory as an awardee for the Manufacturing Technologies for Remotely Piloted Vehicles Contract. The five-year, multiple-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract has a total potential value of $45 million among all awardees. General Dynamics will
Events
Germany could be within weeks of making a decision that will have a major influence on the viability of Cassidian’s Talarion UAS programme, while the EADS company is maintaining its call for France and the UK to also become involved. A long-proposed solution for the UAS requirements of
Targets
Meggitt's venerable Banshee target drone is now available in a jet version which adds 80 knots to its top speed, up to 240 knots. Power is by a single JetCat motor, as used in radio controlled model aircraft and other applications including the jet-powered wearable wings developed
Military
The evolving future of US Army aviation will be on display September 15-16 at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, as three of the service’s project offices—Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Apache Attack Helicopter and Armed Scout Helicopter—stage an exercise demonstrating how manned and unmanned aircraft can work together in
Military
The Obama administration has turned down a Turkish request for the deployment of US Predators at Turkish bases until Ankara stops threatening Israel with armed attack, according to DEBKAfile. Turkey has no functioning unmanned aircraft at present. Israeli officialdom and military chiefs are doing their utmost to keep the lid
Military
Northrop Grumman has introduced an unmanned aircraft data management system to the European market, to allow troops on the ground to "eliminate the tunnel-vision of the battlefield". The HART (Heterogeneous Airborne Reconnaissance Team) allows soldiers at small unit level without their own UAS to benefit from the
Business
European aerospace conglomerate EADS will not take part in the French-British Telemos UAS programme, which it is competing against with its own Talarion, a spokesman told Reuters on Thursday. "We are prepared to compete with Talarion... which is five years of work ahead of any European competitor, the
Business
Austrian company Aerie has announced its first VTOL Long Endurance unmanned aircraft system, the Swift. The Company intends to fill the gap in the market for Long Endurance VTOL intelligent Aircraft, starting with the Swift which has an endurance of 24 hours. “We have studied the market for years. There
Military
Following Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s complaint last week that Israel delayed the delivery of Herons that Turkey sent to the country for maintenance, a new report revealed that Turkey has been dealing with Israel on maintenance issues for a long time. Ankara purchased three Aerostars from Israeli company