Events
The 14th annual UAS Technical Analysis and Applications Center (TAAC) conference will beheld on December 4-6, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa at Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico. The organisers have announced that Major General Michael C. Kostelnik (Ret.) [Assistant Commissioner, Office CBP of Air & Marine,
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On Sepember 27, DARPA will hold a workshop to flesh out the US government's cyberwar strategy called “Plan X.” The one-day workshop consists of a general access session for government employees and contractors, along with a Secret-clearance and above closed session to draw a roadmap for the future
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This year's UAS Royal Aeronautical Socity's Annual Conference continues the tradition of getting the people that shape industry both in the UK and abroad together to share their thoughts, their perspectives and their visions for one of the world’s fastest growing industries – Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
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Organized under the joint patronage of the French Ministry of Defence and the Secretary of State for the Sea, the upcoming EURONAVAL exhibition will be held in France at the Paris – Le Bourget exhibition centre from 22 to 26 October 2012. EURONAVAL is one of the most important events on
Military
Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd., will showcase the Skylark I-LE Block II’s capabilities at next week’s trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada, August 6-9, 2012.The Skylark I-LE Block II offers cutting edge technology designed to assist warfighters, homeland security
Commercial
Nearly 100 university students in 15 teams from around the world will be competing next week at UND to see who has the best unmanned aircraft.The challenge: design an unmanned aircraft that can fly undetected into a simulated enemy compound, and find and retrieve a small flash drive within
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The ICAO/CERG Warsaw Air Law Conference will take place on 5-6 September 2012 at the Hilton Hotel in Warsaw, Poland. This conference, which is organized by the Civil Aviation Office of the Republic of Poland, will focus on the current and future problems related to the international legal framework
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UAV Navigation, a vendor of flight control avionics and motion processing solutions, has announced its sponsorship of a plane in Reno’s National Championship Air Races and Air Show in September 2012. Guillermo Parodi, UAV Navigation’s CEO and co-founder, will fly the aircraft as a pilot. His plane nº36,
VTOL
Danish company Sky-Watch was present at Farnborough, displaying its Huginn X1 quadrotor system. The flight control system keeps it stable in winds of up to twenty-three knots, and its sensor suite includes a sonar to avoid collisions, stay clear of the ground and only land where there are no obstructions.
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General Keith Alexander, Commander, US Cyber Command, delivers a 50-minute presentation concerning cyber threats and US national security.His remarks were made at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC. Source: YouTube
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Boeing is encouraging the next generation of engineers and scientists to think innovatively about aerospace during this year’s unmanned aircraft Outback Challenge to be held during October in Kingaroy, Queensland. The aerospace competition, supported by Boeing Australia subsidiaries, Insitu Pacific and Boeing Research & Technology–Australia (BR&T-Australia)
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Alenia Aermacchi was again displaying its Sky-Y at Farnborough - a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Technologies Demonstrator - which first flew in June 2007. Sky-Y has an all-composite structure, all-electric systems and a 160 HP diesel engine of automotive derivation giving it up to 14 hours' endurance. It