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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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Operators of the Navy’s experimental unmanned helicopter were unable to complete a single practice mission at Webster Field in St. Inigoes this year before deploying with the system to Afghanistan, according to a Pentagon report released last month. The report, leaked last week, was compiled by Michael Gilmore, director
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A French Senate report advocating missile defence is proposing that France and Germany cooperate on the development of an unmanned aircraft-based infrared detection system. France would contribute its infrared detector experience, with Germany providing the high-altitude unmanned aircraft. The German air force has planned flight trials of the
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Afghan-Based Australian soldiers will get enhanced protection from a new $170 million US-designed unmanned aircraft system within months, Defence Materiel Minister Jason Clare confirmed last week. The catapult-launched Shadow 200 is a tactical unmanned aerial vehicle that will provide day and night surveillance. Its purchase, part of
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Simlat Ltd. presented new solutions for commercial UAS training & simulation at a recent HLS Technologies convention, held in Israel. Among the displayed systems was Simlat’s STAR (Stand-Alone) trainer, customized to train the operator observing a Hazardous Waste Plant, including recognizing residue effects, locating survivors, and providing real-