Commercial
When the Japanese government began to fear a nuclear disaster after the March earthquake and tsunami, the US Air Force sent a Global Hawk based in Guam to help. The RQ-4 Global Hawk arrived 22 hours after the earthquake struck, and the images they captured identified the boundaries of
Business
The INSYS group has developed a new corporate image for its avionics division. All products and services for the aerospace industry are now marketed under the name INSYS aero. The division gets a new logo and a new website. “Communication and security are essential factors in the aerospace and defense
Military
The US Marine Corps has purchased two Insitu Integrator unmanned aircraft systems to provide pre-deployment training at 29 Palms, California. The first system will be delivered next month and the second soon after. The U.S. Navy plans to purchase two similar Integrator systems for its special-warfare forces.
Propulsion
Pratt & Whitney has completed a trial run of its EcoPower engine wash on U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawks. Testing was held at Naval Base Coronado, Calif., and was the first military test of the product. The environmental friendly engine wash uses a closed-loop system with atomized
Commercial
Scion Aviation has unveiled two new unmanned helicopters designed to challenge the Saab Skeldar and Schiebel S-100 in bids for US contracts. The company intends to start flight tests in the fourth quarter of this year with a 68kg (150lb)-class UAS called Weasel, said chief executive Jim Sampson.
Testing
Approaches to software verification tools are widely varied, but tend to segment into static tools, which work with the source code itself, and dynamic test tools, which execute the code with test cases to verify that the software works correctly. New kinds of dynamic software code verification tools seek to
Electronic Sub-Systems
Roke Manor Research has formed a partnership with its sister company NIITEK (Non-Intrusive Inspection Technology, Inc.) to sell Roke's Miniature Radar Altimeter (MRA) system in the USA. NIITEK, the world leader in fielded Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) landmine and buried explosive detection systems, will also manufacture Roke&
Accidents
Officials with the 49th Wing of the US Air Force announced that a remotely piloted MQ-9 Reaper sustained damage during landing at Holloman Air Force Base at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 24. The aircraft is assigned to the 29th Attack Squadron, which is an unmanned
Testing
MITRE released this video explaining what it is doing to help unmanned aircraft operate safely in the national airspace by integrating them into the FAA's air traffic control system. Source: YouTube
Commercial
The US Geological Survey will use unmanned aircraft flights to monitor river bank erosion on the Lower Brule reservation on the west bank of the Missouri River in central South Dakota in the United States. The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe estimates that the reservation is losing some eight feet of
Payloads
GE Intelligent Platforms announced the daq8580 rugged streaming network appliance, designed in response to the growing requirement for unmanned aircraft to capture, process and transmit increasing quantities of video information at increasing resolutions. The daq8580 is a complete, standalone, application-ready solution that delivers flexibility, high performance and excellent cost-
Propulsion
Ultra Electronics has confirmed providing a new fuel cell that quadrupled the range of a conventionally-powered Lockheed Martin Stalker UAS. The UAS Power Pod is aimed at dramatically increasing the endurance of any UAS in the class below the 18kg (39.7lb) Boeing/Insitu ScanEagle. The 2.6kg power