Electronic Sub-Systems
Imint has announced the availability of version 2.5 of its Ihvert product suite, a complete Remote Video Terminal (RVT) software for advanced live ISR video enhancement, analysis, and exploitation. The new version includes: * Improvements in the Vidhance live video enhancement engine with state of the art adaptive contrast optimization,
Testing
Office of Naval Research-funded researchers examine new approaches for aircraft operations aboard carriers Deck operations Course of Action Planner software tool will ease interaction with autonomous systems. An Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored effort to examine how aircraft carrier flight deck crews will manage manned and unmanned aircraft
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Northrop Grumman has just posted this video of the successful first flight on June 29, 2010 from Palmdale, California, to Edwards Air Force Base of Euro Hawk – the first international RQ-4 Global Hawk configuration. The Euro Hawk, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation and EADS Defence & Security, successfully completed
Events
EUROCONTROL will be hosting a workshop on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) on 13 & 14 September 2011. This second Unmanned Aircraft Systems EU Workshop will focus on ‘Insertion into Airspace and Radio Frequencies’ and is jointly organised by the European Commission and EUROCONTROL. This workshop is the second in a
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Missy Cummings, the director of MIT’s Humans and Automation Lab, has developed software to fly remote-controlled miniature aircraft with an iPhone. The project has funding from Boeing. Cummings was a Navy fighter pilot for 10 years, flying F/A-18 Hornets and A-4 Skyhawks. Now she and
Testing
The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Initiative at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi has received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Certification Authorization to fly RS-16 unmanned aircraft into National Air Space. The air space, which encompasses approximately 500 square miles, is unprecedented in size and versatility. The authorized area
Testing
The prototype of South Africa's latest Unmanned Aircraft the Denel Dynamics Seeker 400, has been completed and is due to make its maiden flight in the first quarter of next year. The Seeker 400 is a medium altitude, long endurance (Male) UAV. A mock-up of the aircraft
Training
Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, is holding the first civilian Unmanned Aircraft training class in the region beginning July 19 at its main campus and Tech Town in downtown. The college is hoping to prepare the area’s workforce for forthcoming jobs as a result of Wright-Patterson Air
Military
The Pentagon admitted that a defence contractor had suffered a major data breach in March in a speech announcing a cyber-strategy plan emphasizing defensive tactics. The intruders were after files related to missile tracking systems, unmanned aircraft sytems and the Joint Strike Fighter. A foreign government was behind a
Military
The US Air Force has posted this video interview with a MQ-9 Reaper Air Crew Chief on YouTube. In it he descibes what it takes to keep the aircraft in the air, 24/7.
Military
The Italian Air Force’s first two of six General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Predator B unmanned aircraft will reach initial operational capability during July, ahead of a possible decision to make them available to support NATO’s operation Unified Protector. Preparations to field the medium-altitude, long-endurance
Military
Unmanned aircraft system manufacturers see new hope for near-term sales, despite the US Air Force's decision to delay fielding a replacement for the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper until at least 2018. The company has launched a new marketing campaign that describes the stealthy, jet-