Testing
Those who have been following the saga will all be relieved to know that the Northrop Grumman-Cassidian Euro Hawk finally landed in Germany on 21 July. It touched down "on the centreline" at EADS' Manching site, near Munich, at 10:06 local time, after a more
Testing
More than a thousand hours of flight time carried out this year by deployed Fire Scout unmanned helicopters is evidence that the system is working through its developmental problems and showing itself able to deliver a reliable reconnaissance and surveillance capability, the programme's U.S. Navy managers said.
Business
Boeing announced an agreement to acquire Solutions Made Simple Inc. (SMSi), an information services provider for the U.S. government and the Intelligence Community. Known for its Twister data integration framework products, SMSi's technology allows users to easily extract, share and query information stored in an unlimited number
Data Links & Communications
With the number of private military contractors exceeding the number of troops on the ground in both Iraq and Afghanistan, a growing concern for keeping contractors safe is more pressing than ever. On June 28, a private contractor located near Kabul came under insurgent fire while located in an area
Research
Unmanned aircraft systems are becoming more and more complex in order to fulfill a number of potentially conflicting performance and robustness requirements. However, the use traditional development methods that continue to rely on legacy designs and domain specific tools that perform subsystem-level optimization make it difficult, if not impossible
Data Links & Communications
A small, lightweight, embeddable radio developed by Harris Corporation has received Type 1 certification from the National Security Agency, paving the way for its use in high-security, space-constrained communications applications such as unmanned aircraft systems, vehicles and shelters. The Harris Small Secure Data Link (SSDL) provides embedded encryption
Military
The French Ministry of Defence said that it was in talks with Dassault Aviation on an order for a new unmanned aircraft system (a variant of the IAI Heron TP ) that would enter into service in 2014. The Dassault aircraft would replace the Harfang, made by EADS derived from the
Military
The Pakistan Navy has inducted the first squadron of unmanned aircraft systems into its fleet. Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Noman Bashir was the chief guest in the induction ceremony for the new UQAB-11 squadron. During the ceremony he said that unmanned aircraft would increase the operational capabilities of
Propulsion
The propulsion system for an unmanned aircraft that takes off vertically like a Transformer Robot then shifts to horizontal flight mid-air were tested yesterday at the University of Maryland's Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel. The AD-150 aircraft, developed by American Dynamics Flight Systems, is one of
Military
BAE Mantis Uses Lola CompositesMotorsport aficionados of a certain age love to love Lola. For 50 years, the master of the British kit car has been a frontrunner, either in its own right or as the engineering power behind big teams in formulas ranging from Indianapolis and Can-Am to
Business
The Global Unmanned Aircraft Systems Market, worth an estimated US $7.1 billion this year, is expected to grow by 4% over the next ten years, reaching US $10.5 billion in 2021, according to a new report. According to Strategic Defence Intelligence, the 4.08% compound annual growth rate
Control Stations
A project at the U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center incorporates weather information with flight maps so crews can more quickly understand what the environment plans to throw their way and when. FalconView Weather displays weather and data products on FalconView, the mapping application of the Portable Flight Planning