Payloads
A move to a new standard communications band is needed because of a saturation of current bandwidth, French Air Chief of Staff Genenral Jean-Paul Palomeros said at a briefing in Dubai on November 12. Increasingly relied-upon unmanned aircraft such as Predators, Reapers and the French Harfang generate huge
Business
Insitu Inc. has announced a new alliance with Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems Investments Company (ADASI) that allows for support and sustainment of Insitu’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) products and services in the Middle East. “As we collaborate on approaches to grow into the Middle
Commercial
BCB International's SQ-4 weighs only 2.9 ozs. (82 grams), flies up to 400 feet in the air, fits in the palm of a hand, contains two video cameras, can hover in place and perch on ledges, and automatically returns “home” when its battery runs low. The
Commercial
Architects have been using a remote-controlled aircraft to survey the historic Stirling Bridge in Scotland. The 500-year-old bridge has been suffering "severe problems" with water ingress, which is eroding the masonry. A team from Historic Scotland, which looks after the four-arched structure, used the
Military
Pieces of an unmanned aircraft that were found in a fisherman’s net on the southern coast of Turkey have sparked a controversy as they might belong to a Heron, a trademark piece of equipment from the Israeli military. The event started speculation that Israel might be conducting surveillance missions
Commercial
A remote colony of birds kept flying away before anyone could count them, so a team of ecologists built a do-it-yourself unmanned aircraft to spy on them from above.The team made their UAS out of a 4.6-foot-wide radio-controlled airplane, two cameras and a
Events
For those of us who can't be there, this clip combines travel and exhibition footage to put us in the mood. The 22nd biennial Dubai Air Show runs from November 13-17 and expects more than 50,000 visitors, 500 delegation representatives and 130 aircraft. This year'
Military
Ankara has claimed it will have sole responsibility for the routes and missions of four US Predators deployed to an air base in southeastern Turkey last month to help with efforts to track down and gather intelligence on Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists.The aircraft in Turkey will be operational
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