Military
Insitu Donates ScanEagle to Canada Aviation and Space Museum
ScanEagle production aircraft #687 flew 2,000 flight hours supporting the missions of Canadian and allied forces before it was retired in April, 2010.
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US Army Planning New Purchases of Unmanned VTOL Aircraft
“We are embarking on a VTOL unmanned aircraft programme,” Tim Owings, Army deputy project manager for unmanned aircraft systems, told reporters at a Pentagon news conference. Just last month, officials at the Army’s annual aviation convention in Nashville had indicated that it was almost a certainty that the Army
Military
Elbit to Develop Flying Elephant
Elbit Systems Ltd. is apparently working with the Israeli Ministry of Defence to develop an unmanned cargo plane, dubbed the "Flying Elephant". Sources say that a cargo unmanned aircraft is a "huge, slow, self takeoff and landing pallet carrier that would fly through high winds and land
Commercial
Beijing Police Plan to Purchase Unmanned Aircraft to Monitor Emergency Situations
Beijing Police plan to purchase unmanned aircraft to monitor emergency situations such as traffic accidents, a top official has said. The unmanned aircraft may be used to monitor traffic accidents, conduct aerial surveillance or help with rescue operations, said Jia Shengwen of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau. Authorities would
Business
Italy: Selex Galileo Acquires UTRI
Italian company Selex Galileo reported it has acquired Unmanned Technologies Research Institute, a provider of mini-micro unmanned aircraft systems. UTRI, which has headquarters in Trieste, Italy, is recognized in Europe for its excellence in unmanned technology. Selex Galileo is a provider of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, with its Falco vehicle
Business
Kratos Buys Integral Systems for $225 M
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc is to buy rival Integral Systems Inc for $225 million in cash and stock to expand into the satellite signal monitoring segment . Kratos said it would acquire each Integral Systems stock for $5 a share in cash and 0.588 shares of Kratos common
Military
RAF Reapers to be Controlled from the UK
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton said that the new squadron of Reapers would be based at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire – the first time that unmanned aircraft operating in Afghanistan will be controlled from a base in the UK. The Reapers are currently controlled by RAF crews in the US.
Events
Turkish Aerospace Industries Mosquito on Display at IDEF
Turkish Aerospace Industries used the IDEF show in Istanbul to exhibit its Sivrisinek/Mosquito unmanned helicopter for the first time in public. It is currently in flight test. First flown earlier this year and developed using company funds, the vertical take-off and landing Mosquito is being pitched initially to
Events
Qatar May Buy Mini-UAV from Turkey
Turkish manufacturer Kale-Baykar is close to securing the first international sale of its Gozcu mini unmanned aircraft with Qatar apparently interested in acquiring the system. "Our negotiations are on final," Kale-Baykar general manager Haluk Bayraktar said during the IDEF show in Istanbul. The company plans to
Military
US Congress Freezes Funds for UCLASS Programme
Congress will freeze development dollars for the Navy's new unmanned, carrier-based aircraft until the sea service and DoD provide Capitol Hill with information on the requirements development, acquisition strategies and possible alternatives tied to those programmes, according to a House version of the Fiscal Year 2012 Defence
Training
First UAS Graduates from the University of North Dakota
Among the nearly 1,500 students who received degrees from the University of North Dakota during spring commencement on Saturday were the first graduates in the nation with degrees in unmanned aircraft systems operations. “It’s truly the first and only kind of its major programme in the country at
Events
Adept Showcases Maveric UAS from Prioria
Adept Technology announced that it will add an aerial robot to its range of land-based wheeled mobile platforms. The products from Adept MobileRobots group were showcased at the IEEE ICRA 2011 Conference, which was held at the Shanghai International Convention Centre in Shanghai, China from May 9-13, 2011.