Commercial
The epic India-Pakistan cricket match World Cup semi-final which be witnessed today by the Prime Ministers of both countries in Mohali in India’s Punjab, is a source of great concern for security forces. The Times of India reported that Israeli-made UAS, also during the Commonwealth Games
As the FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act, HR 658, makes its way through the US House of Representatives, it is provoking concern amongst model aircraft enthusiasts who fear that government regulators can’t make the difference between model aircraft and unmanned aircraft systems. This story that appeared last week in
Military
The U.S. Army will use a General Atomics’ MQ-1C Gray Eagle this spring to flight-test a new system of multiple sensors that can be controlled by ground troops or aircraft crews. The Triclops system adds a sensor under each wing to the fuselage sensor carried by UAS.
Lighter Than Air
Sanswire Corp., based at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, announced that it has unveiled a new lighter-than-air UAS, the "Argus One" following the Company's recent filing of a provisional patent application. The airship is designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) applications for
Events
Indra of Spain will be showing the Mantis, the company's UAS which is being used by Spanish forces in Afghanistan, next month at the Latin American Aerospace and Defence show in Brazil.
Testing
Aviation Capital Enterprises, Inc. of Canada has entered into an exclusive contractual agreement with Lockheed Martin to design, develop, build, flight test and Federal Aviation Administration certify a family of hybrid airship. Based on Lockheed Martin's P-791, a fully functional manned flight demonstrator, the commercial 20 ton
Military
The Colombian military began using U.S.-supplied ScanEagle UAS for counterterrorism and counter-narcotics operations in 2006, according to a classified State Department cable released last week by WikiLeaks. According to the December 2006 cable from then-U.S. Ambassador to Colombia William B. Wood, the aircraft initially were
Events
UVS International has been invited to be an overseas partner of the AVIC Cup – International UAV Innovation Grand Prix which is being organised by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) and the Chinese Society of Aeronautics & Astronautics (CSAA) at the China Aviation Museum in Beijing, in celebration of
Data Links & Communications
The U.S. Army is testing prototypes of a new high-tech synchronization engine at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., which can combine video feeds and sensor data from multiple Unmanned Aircraft Systems on a single Ground Control Station. "We are opening a gateway to information that we have
Events
The Aerospace & Defense Research Collaboratory will hold its first collaborative Aerospace and Defence workshop to focus on clusters of technologies related to UAS and security at the University of Arizona today, March 25. The ADRC, funded under the Aerospace and Defense Initiative (ADI) from Science Foundation Arizona, is a
Commercial
TiaLinx Inc. has announced the launch of the Phoenix40-A – a mini-UAS capable of performing dual functions as a motion detector as well as probing for breathing of a hiding person in a compound. The mini-UAS can be remotely controlled at long standoff distances from ground or an
Military
The US Navy’s Fleet and Industrial Supply Centre, Norfolk, Philadelphia Office wants to lease two UAS to “replicate a likely threat in visual, aural, and most importantly IR and RCS signatures at a series of training events”. The first event will take place in June 2011 on San Clemente