Research
Sony's Face to Avatar system, premiering at the SIGGRAPH interactive technology conference this week in Vancouver, combines UAS and telepresence technology to create the first real-world drone avatar. Unlike the stationary video conferencing enabled by smart-phones or webcams, the Face to Avatar blimp moves, a change
Events
Lutch (“Ray”), Russia's first unmanned aircraft designed to carry out air strikes, will be shown at the Moscow air show next week. Manufacturer Vega will show a full-scale mock-up of the Lutch medium-range UAS at the MAKS Aviasalon 2011. Lutch is designed for optical reconnaissance,
Electronic Sub-Systems
Rafael has adopted a new strategy to increase its activities in the unmanned aircraft systems sector, and is offering operators platform upgrades using its payloads and other systems. The Israel-based defence development firm abandoned efforts to get into the UAS business as a platform developer, and has previously signed
Business
Boeing and Siemens have announced a strategic alliance for the joint development and marketing of "smart grid" technologies to improve energy access and security for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), the largest energy consumer in the federal government. The collaboration centers on providing U.S. military
Testing
DARPA’s second flight test of the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 is scheduled to launch today. The flight window is between 7:00am – 1:00 pm PDT from Vandenberg Air Forc Base, California, aboard an Air Force Minotaur IV rocket. “Assumptions about Mach 20 hypersonic flight were made from
Military
IAI Malat is unveiling the Ghost, a new vertical take-off and landing miniature unmanned aircraft currently undergoing test flights, and which is expected to be ready for marketing soon. The Ghost is 145 cm long (4.76 ft) and designed specifically to support special operations units and company level
Business
AreoHawk is a miniature UAV optimised for acquiring data for processing in photogrammetry software and general purpose imaging. It was developed by Hawkeye UAV, which is headed by two former NZ Army officers, one of whom was head of the Army's unmanned aircraft programme. The other was until
Control Stations
The latest generation MRS-2000LTM is an all digital, ruggedized, transportable video receiving system for precise situational awareness picture build up of the battlefield, providing an “beyond-the next-hill” view of the enemy at standoff range, avoiding danger of exposure and revealing intentions. By bringing mission critical information to
Propulsion
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. was awarded a $13,473,894 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to supply an alternate heavy fuel engine kit upgrade for the Gray Eagle. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to upgrade a Block O Gray Eagle with an alternate
Business
Boeing announced that it has completed the acquisition of Solutions Made Simple Inc. (SMSi), an information services provider for the U.S. government and the Intelligence Community. Boeing announced its agreement to acquire SMSi in July. SMSi now operates within the Information Solutions division of Boeing's Network &
Events
This video describes the 6th Mission of the International Aerial Robotics Competition which began in 2010. The 6th Mission involves the use of micro air vehicles ( MAV ) to find and steal a zip drive containing sensitive information, and replace it with an identical drive before leaving the building undetected. All
Control Stations
The MaxVisionMesaMax rugged deployable workstation will become a critical component of AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems One System Ground Control Station (OSGCS). The portable OSGCS is the premier ground control station of the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. It is used to operate multiple unmanned aircraft systems over battlefield and