Events
The Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 will be the only UAS taking part in the daily flight displays (20th to 26th June) at the Paris Air Show. Flight imagery along with data from its onboard sensor will be transmitted in real time to the Air Show’s TV station. In 2009
Officials with the 49th Wing said last Thursday that a remotely piloted MQ-9 Reaper sustained damage during landing at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, at approximately 1 p.m. The aircraft is assigned to the 29th Attack Squadron, which is a Remotely Piloted Aircraft Flying Training Unit. The
Events
Topics covered on Day 3 were UAS Pilot Training, Aerial Flight Services, UAS Programme Updates and UAS Related Research and Development. A wide range of presenters came from the big manufacturers, small companies, service providers and research institutions in the UK, USA, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Israel, Norway, Spain
Events
Elbit Systems’ multimedia presentation demonstrates a cross-section of the Company’s products and capabilities which seamlessly integrate to deliver persistent area surveillance and control for a complex operational scenario. The mission is to seize and control a defined area utilizing Elbit Systems’ innovative networked response based on the WAAPS
Military
The Fire Scout, managed by Navy and Marine Corps Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Air Systems programme office (PMA-266), deployed in late April to CENTCOM in response to a DoD ISR Task Force request to provide ISR services in northern Afghanistan. In nine months, PMA-266, in conjunction with ISR
Commercial
Two congressional lawmakers from Texas want more aerial surveillance above the Texas-Mexico border. There are currently four UAS assigned to the southern border. Three are based in Arizona, and most recently, one now based in Corpus Christi is classified as a maritime unit. They want the Army, National Guard
Military
Two unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) could be scaled back next year despite a deployment surge to Afghanistan under a new version of the Fiscal 2012 spending bill. Purchases of the Northrop Grumman MQ-8B, the vertical-takeoff unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) operated by the US Navy, would decline by 12
Test Ranges
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced on Wednesday its endorsement of the Airspace Change Proposal (ACP) which will create a unique environment within the UK for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to fly in segregated airspace. The revised airspace will become effective from 28 July 2011. The Welsh Government, which sponsored
Events
Yesterday saw the biggest turnout so far, with a sprinkling of uniforms adding colour and authenticity to the proceedings. The parallel sessions ad richness & variety but mean that inevitably a choice has to be made, which in my case meant focussing on Operational Experience (Military & Non-Military) and
Events
Yamaha’s RMax unmanned helicopter was on display at the CRT Farmfest in Queensland, Australia, fitted with crop-spraying equipment for precision agriculture (PA). The debut of the racy-looking Rmax chopper, essentially a flying computer, takes the pilot out of the cockpit to make the technology more cost-effective.
Events
On the static display at the 49th International Paris Air Show, Cassidian will present combat proven UAS with the DRAC presented by the French Army which operates it in Afghanistan, videos presenting HARFANG last accomplishments and the future MALE TALARION with a scale 1 mock-up. With 30 years’ experience
Military
Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter has sliced 11 Block 30 Global Hawks from the planned buy of 42, further reducing the total number of the aircraft in the project only months after the U.S. Air Force cut 11 from the Block 40 programme. The decision is outlined in a