Events
Officials at West 2011, an annual defence industry conference in San Diego hosted by AFCEA and the U.S. Naval Institute, revealed that the US Navy is accelerating the development of a carrier-based combat UAS, reports National Defense Magazine. Navy Undersecretary Robert Work said that the department is planning
Military
Saab Aerospace handed over the fuselage section of the pan-European Neuron unmanned combat air vehicle technology demonstrator during a ceremony at its Linköping site in Sweden on 25 January. The structure will be shipped by road to the Istres air base in the south of France, where Dassault, the
Military
Lockheed Martin has awarded a contract to ATK to provide the Thermal Control Subsystem for the Integrated Sensor is Structure (ISIS) programme, an integral part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) ISIS Airship. Lockheed Martin leads an industry team in the development of an airship-based autonomous unmanned
Business
Timothy E. Conver, AeroVironment’s CEO and Trustee of The Conver Family Trust, has established a pre-arranged stock trading plan to sell a portion of company stock held by the Trust. The company’s shares reached over $28 last week as a result of unusually high trading volume. Analysts
Research
The Linnaeus Centre for Control, Autonomy, and Decision-making in Complex Systems (CADICS) at Linköping University is undertaking a research project on Collaborative Unmanned Aircraft Systems. The centre is funded by the Swedish Research Council. Collaborative Unmanned Aircraft Systems The practical use and acceptance of unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) is
Events
Police in Arlington, Texas are considering flying a miniature unmanned helicopter over the Cowboys Stadium to survey Super Bowl XLV crowds on Sunday, February 6. The department is the first in the country to get an unmanned aircraft. Officials say officers are finishing certification and will deploy the UAS if
Military
New pictures have emerged of the Lockheed RQ-170 Sentinel stealth UA, which has been flying in Afghanistan since 2009. There is much speculation that aside from the obvious reconnaissance functions, the Sentinel could be used to carry “a high-powered microwave source” to fry computers and electronic equipment on
Commercial
News that by 2013, the FAA expects to have formulated new rules that would allow police across the country to routinely fly lightweight UAS up to 400 feet above the ground - high enough for them to be largely invisible eyes in the sky – has sparked off fresh debates about the
Events
UVS International has just launched its 2011 UAS Photo Competition. It is open to all association members, as well as companies & organizations that are not members, from all countries. Deadline for submission of photos is 15 April 2011. Click below to download the announcement pdf. 2011 UAS Photo Competition
Accidents
An AAI built Shadow UAS flying on a training mission out of Fort Huachuca, Arizona crashed on Monday evening. The aircraft went down 2.5 miles north of Rugge-Hamilton Airfield, near Whetstone and has burned about 2.5 acres. No one was hurt. The cause of the crash was
Testing
A draft report by the US Air Force's 53rd Wing Group at Eglin Air Force Base said that the new system, dubbed Gorgon Stare*, had "significant limitations," and is "not operationally effective" and should therefore not be deployed in the field. The Sierra Nevada
Commercial
A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Air and Marine Predator B aircraft successfully completed the first long-range unmanned aircraft patrol to utilise the expanded certificate of authorization (COA) that was issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) this week-increasing the effectiveness of homeland security unmanned aircraft