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An unmanned aircraft with a wingspan of 1.9 meters and weighing four kilograms – built by aeronautical and space engineering students at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology – won first place at a Tel Aviv Aviation and Space Conference. Recently, the same entry took the top prize in the recent US
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“Be nice to nerds…” - the opening line from Regina Dugan, the director of DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) at TED2012. The projects she demonstrated are extraordinary, and how they get there, even more so. If you want to understand how, ask yourself this question, ”What would you
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The ICAO Asia/Pacific Civil/Military Cooperation Seminar & Workshop took place at the regional headquarters of ICAO in Bangkok, Thailand from 28 February to 1 March 2012. This seminar/workshop had been convened by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and had been organized in partnership with the European
VTOL
Israel Aerospace Industries will present new solutions for landing and take off of Unmanned Aircraft System, implemented in the Panther, at the 52nd Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences. The Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences is held every year by the Israel society of aerospace sciences. Lectures are given
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Flight Global just released this presentation of the Elbit Systems Hermes 900 at the recent Singapore Air Show. The Hermes 900 is a natural extension of the Hermes 450 tactical UAS, with full compatibility in missions and support infrastructure. While offering all Hermes UAS family capabilities, it features larger multi-payload
VTOL
Yotaisc Technology is a Chinese company that's hoping to target South East Asia with its unmanned helicopter and has a stand at the Singapore Air Show for the first time. The company has so far only sold its X200 within China, but says it is the biggest private
Events
ICAUV 2012, the International Conference On Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles being held on 24 & 25 February 2011 at Eagleton The Golf Resort Bangalore, India is now totally sold out. The event has a capacity of 500 delegates, which has been rapidly attained, and the organisers regret that they are now
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The UAF Geophysical Institute is hosting their annual Science for Alaska lecture series in order to introduce the Fairbanks community to new technology - the first lecture educated the audience about the use of unmanned aircraft. The audience at the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel & Conference Center fell silent as Greg
Commercial
AR.Drone posted this video of the Grand Finale of its first Annual Competition to find the best pilot in the world. After being selected through an online competition, the 15 finalists representing 9 nationalities finally arrived to Las Vegas on January 9th. The finalists received an AR.Drone bag
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Elbit Systems' Hermes 900 multi-mission UAS will make its first real-size appearance at the upcoming Singapore Air Show, which takes place from February 14 to 19, 2012. The aircraft will be displayed at the Static Display Area together with the following payloads: * DCoMPASS - Digital Compact Multi-Purpose Advanced Stabilized
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Northwest UAV Propulsion Systems announced that it has been awarded a contract under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) UAVForge programme to manufacture 15 units of the winning design. UAVForge is a DARPA and Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic (SSC Atlantic) collaborative initiative to design, build
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The Red River Valley Research Corridor: Unmanned Aviation Systems Action Summit 2012 will be held on May 22-23, 2012 at the Alerus Center, Grand Forks, North Dakota. The 6th UAS Action Summit will hear from presenters, including industry leaders, policy makers, entrepreneurs and researchers, who will discuss and explore actions