A drone attack on Russia’s Hmeymim airbase in Syria in January this year was an elaborate multi-purpose Pentagon operation, Editor-in-Chief of National Defense journal Igor Korotchenko told TASS on Thursday. As Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said at a plenary session of the Beijing Xiangshan
In a newly published study, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University researchers revealed results from a UAS detection study performed near Daytona Beach International Airport. To gather their data, the research team secured a DJI AeroScope – a passive radio-frequency sensor designed to detect, track, and record UAS activity. During the 13-
Accidents
The UK CAA has issued a Safety Notice which applies to operators of the DJI Matrice 200 series multi-rotor small unmanned aircraft.A small number of incidents have been recently reported where the aircraft has suffered a complete loss of power during flight, despite indications that there was sufficient
Belgium's Council of Ministers on 25 October confirmed selection of the MQ-9B SkyGuardian as its first medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial system (UAS). Defence Minister Steven Vandeput said that 80%, or more than EUR7 billion (USD8 billion), of the investment programmes identified in Belgium'
Regulations
A series of drone demonstrations will soon get underway at urban and rural locations across Europe, thanks to funding from the SESAR Joint Undertaking within the framework the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility programme. With a co-financing of EUR 9.5 million, the demos aim to illustrate that Europe
IN-FLIGHT Data, one of Canada’s leading commercial drone operators, has, in collaboration with senseFly, the industry’s leading provider of fixed-wing drone solutions, completed North America’s first urban BVLOS UAS (drone) project in a major city. The project, carried out in the city of Calgary, Alberta,
Business
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a $192,660,310 modification (P00071) to contract W58RGZ-17-C-0018 for Gray Eagle performance-based logistics. Work will be performed in Poway, California, with an estimated completion date of April 23, 2019. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance, Army funds
Electronic Sub-Systems
ZALA AERO, part of the Kalashnikov Group, has demonstrated a new device of satellite navigation signal suppression for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the Interpolytex-2018 security exhibition, the Kalashnikov press office reported on Wednesday. "The compact module is placed under an unmanned aerial vehicle’s wing and suppresses
To protect flying robots without hindering their flight, Imperial experts found answers in the ancient art of origami. Taking inspiration from the ancient art of paper folding, scientists at Imperial College London's Aerial Robotics Lab have equipped drones with lightweight, impact-absorbent cushioning to protect them from bumps
Propulsion
A grant from the Army Research Laboratory has a Kent State University researcher flying high. The grant provides more than $130,000 for Blake Stringer, Ph.D., assistant professor of aerospace engineering in Kent State’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering, to study propulsion systems for a new generation of
Video
The North American XP-82 Twin Mustang has been one of the most highly anticipated warbird restorations in recent memory. After 10 years of perseverance and more than 1.5 million man-hours of work, noted warbird restorer Tom Reilly, EAA 802376, has this rare prototype close to flying again.
Test Ranges
Utah officially opened its doors to the unmanned aerial systems (UAS) industry on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 at Deseret UAS Headquarters’ in Tooele. Deseret UAS headquarters is located at the Xperience Center in Tooele City. This state-of-the-art facility boasts UAS flight simulations, real-time test flight viewing,