Testing
Innocon's MicroFalcon mini unmanned aircraft system has completed flight testing as it nears delivery to the Peruvian army. The MicroFalcon is a mini UAS with a duration of up to 4h and ceiling of 15,000ft (4,580m). "The MicroFalcon has demonstrated its long-endurance, wide-area
Military
Raytheon Company has been awarded a one-year subcontract worth $24.7 million for support services of the ground station elements of the RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system. Work under this contract will provide field support services to the mission control and launch and
Accidents
At 7:20 a.m. local time on June 21, a US Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout, which was flying over Libya's central coast, lost contact with a command center and crashed, according to Navy and NATO officials. It is unclear exactly from where the unmanned helicopter was
Payloads
SRI International is leading a team to design a visual intelligence system, known as VIGIL (Visual Intelligence Grounded in Learning), to enable a new era in unmanned robotic surveillance. The SRI team is being funded through the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA's) Mind&
Propulsion
At the Intersolar Europe trade show, IABG - a European technology enterprise - and ACENTISS, the aircraft engineering company of the IABG group, have concluded an exclusive cooperation agreement with PC-Aero GmbH, the German electric aircraft developer and producer. The partners plan to jointly develop, produce and market electric-powered Unmanned
Military
The British Army will be ready to start using its first Watchkeeper tactical unmanned aircraft in Afghanistan this December, following the completion of operational field trials that will commence in October. Major Matt Moore, from the army's headquarters directorate, Royal Artillery, said one operational "task line"
Payloads
Raytheon Company has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce the first airborne tactical hyperspectral sensor system. The Airborne Cueing and Exploitation System Hyperspectral, also known as ACES HY, is an infrared sensor system developed to identify targets based on their spectral characteristics. In September 2010,
Payloads
Northrop Grumman Corporation and SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at jointly pursuing the international directional infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) market. Capitalizing on their unique experience and capability in the development and production of laser-based DIRCM systems, the document further
Business
AeroVironment, Inc. has reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ending April 30, 2011. “With record fourth quarter revenue of $106.1 million, fiscal 2011 revenue grew 17% to $292.5 million, exceeding our guidance, and diluted earnings per share increased 24% to $1.17," said
Research
An $11.4 million collaborative research project led by the University of North Dakota on unmanned aircraft called the Limited Deployment of Cooperative Aircraft Project could assist North Dakota in becoming a future national test site for unmanned aircraft, UND officials said. The project proposal, drafted by research and unmanned
Testing
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, and GE Aviation announced that the Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System has completed a flight demonstration using the GE Flight Management System (FMS), a four-dimensional trajectory FMS certified for use in manned commercial aircraft. The
Reports & Publications
US unmanned aircraft have Bangalore-based Serial Innovations to thank for helping them send live video feeds smoothly. This technology start-up has developed products that helps stabilise video feeds coming from UAS. Serial Innovations founder and CEO Arvind Lakshmikumar said they developed these systems for Europe's biggest