Business
Explaining his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) election manifesto, PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pledged that Turkey’s local defence companies would manufacture indigenous “tanks, helicopters, war planes, unmanned aircraft and military satellites in the next 12 years.” Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, is putting an
Military
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has published detailed, unclassified plans to purchase over the next ten years about 730 new medium-sized and large unmanned aircraft systems that are designed for reconnaissance and light attack missions. CBO estimates that completing those investments would cost about $37 billion through 2020.
Events
The 9th Annual Edition of the International Unmanned Aircraft Systems Yearbook is currently at the printers and the first copies, hot off the presses, will be delivered to the UAS Conference 2011 in Paris next week. Delegates will be the first to get hard copies of what is without doubt
Control Stations
ChandlerMay’s UAS Division recently delivered the 300th Ground Control Station (GCS) subsystem to AAI Corporation. The division builds major subsystems for the Army’s One System Ground Control Station (OSGCS), which flies several Unmanned Air Systems, including AAI’s Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System. The One System and its
Commercial
Australia’s National Aerial Fire-fighting Centre (NAFC) is examining the potential of UAS in supporting fire operations. "UAS technology has advanced significantly in recent years and we are keen to closely evaluate the potential application of UAS in fire support," says the NAFC. This project has included
Payloads
Spectral Imaging, Ltd., announced that it has delivered the world’s most compact, high-performance Long-Wave Infrared, LWIR Hyperspectral Imager to a Defence Customer in a strategic geographical location. The advanced chemical imaging capabilities will bring a new dimension to port and harbour airborne surveillance, and additionally to other
Training
One of Oklahoma’s fastest-emerging industries, unmanned aircraft systems, continues its trajectory with new government partnerships and a potential new airspace and corridor for testing. An advisory council is to be appointed by Gov. Mary Fallin, and a new state chapter of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International
Data Links & Communications
Harris Corporation and Cubic Corporation have conducted technology demonstrations that significantly enhance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) situational awareness by distributing UAS video and targeting data across wideband ground tactical communication networks. The Harris/Cubic solution integrates Cubic's Common Data Link transceiver technology for receiving video from UAS
Events
During the opening plenary session at next week’s UAS Conference in Paris, Ron van de Leijgraaf, JARUS Chairman (CAA, The Netherlands) and Leader of the EUROCAE Small RPA Expert Group, will present an Activity Update on Small Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Harmonisation. In April 2011, the European Commission, DG
Military
BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation have announced Telemos as the name of the programme that will deliver their joint response to meet the United Kingdom and French Governments requirement for a next generation Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aircraft System. In Greek mythology, Telemos was the prophetic son of
Military
Northrop Grumman has made improvements to its high-flying Global Hawk since a Pentagon weapons test found shortfalls with the unmanned aircraft, according to a company executive. A May report by the director of operational test and evaluation for the U.S. Defense Department found that the Global Hawk Block
Military
Israeli UAS manufacturer Innocon has signed a contract to supply 50 MicroFalcon systems to an Asian country. Michael Armon, Innocon’s chief executive, said that the contract was won because of the MicroFalcon’s capabilities in close-range, low-altitude surveillance missions. Micro Falcon is Innocon’s lightest UAS at