Research
Darpa’s Kathleen Fisher told the agency’s first-ever Cyber Colloqium, a gathering that seeks to enlist hackers’ ideas, that the usual picture of cyberattacks involves hackers — maybe sponsored by a government — trying to penetrate a data network, is too narrow a conception. Cybersecurity, as interpreted by the Pentagon’
Military
The US Navy has extended the use of Northrop Grumman's Fire Scout in Afghanistan through most of next year. A team of US Navy sailors and Northrop Grumman employees began their mission in May to gather 300 hours per month of full-motion video surveillance and deliver it
Events
UAS Norway is once again organising the largest UAS conference in the Nordic region - UNC-11 which will take place on November 15 th. 2011 at the Oslo Kongressenter, close to the Central Station. Last year’s conference gathered more than 80 delegates ranging from users to Member of Parliament.
Training
Innocon and its Thai partner, G-Force Composites Ltd., have introduced a new highly advanced training solution for the G-Star Tactical UAS, which is in use by the Royal Thai Air Force. The enhanced solution includes Simlat’s training system, offering high-end UAS simulation. The training solution presents
Military
Northrop Grumman Corporation has started work outfitting the US Navy's MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter with a weapons system. The Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System laser-guided 70 mm rocket -- in production for the Navy since 2010 -- will allow ship commanders to identify and engage hostile targets
Military
Military specialist Youtube Channel 3rdID8487 recently posted this video of SPC Misty Stow, an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Maintenance Engineer in Afghanistan. In it she describes her functions and shows us around her work space. The channel claims that all of its videos have been cleared by the US Department of
Events
Aeryon Labs was presented with the prestigious Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) 2011 Mind to Market Award at the Ontario Centres of Excellence annual general meeting held on Monday night in Toronto. Most notably Aeryon Labs developed the Aeryon Scout, an innovative, easy-to-use, battery powered, unmanned aerial intelligence
Business
Marlborough Communications Limited and sub-contractor Prox Dynamics have been awarded the contract to supply commercial off-the-shelf Nano-UAS systems and spares to the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence. The value of the initial contract is 2.5 million GBP (US $4M), with potential through life costs and
Events
Darpa convened a “cyber colloquium” at a northern Virginia hotel on Monday for what it called a “frank discussion” about the persistent vulnerabilities within the Defense Department’s data networks. The Pentagon can’t defend those networks on its own, the agency admitted.Because it’s the blue-sky research
Events
The German Aerospace Center (DLR), winners of the International Micro Air Vehicle 2011 Outdoor Competition in September, just posted this video of the event.The "Team DLR" was a joint effort to participate in an international micro aerial vehicle competition. It comprised DLR researchers of the Institute of
Commercial
Archaeological researchers are an early adopter of remote sensing technology but until the early part of the twenty-first century data was primarily limited to aerial/satellite imagery and photogrammetry. These methods were rather successful for a number of projects, most notably investigations of the geoglyphs of Nazca, Peru, but
Events
The Army Aviation Association of America, Inc. has announced that the AAAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Professional Forum will take place on December 14‐16, 2011, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel, Arlington, VA.This event will bring together all aspects of the community -- Operators, R&D, Acquisition and Industry