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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be displaying the world’s only fully operational maritime variant MQ-9 Predator B Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), the Guardian, next week at the world’s largest aviation trade show in Paris. The Department of Defense U.S. European Command (EUCOM) and the
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The Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 will be the only UAS taking part in the daily flight displays (20th to 26th June) at the Paris Air Show. Flight imagery along with data from its onboard sensor will be transmitted in real time to the Air Show’s TV station. In 2009 the
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Topics covered on Day 3 were UAS Pilot Training, Aerial Flight Services, UAS Programme Updates and UAS Related Research and Development. A wide range of presenters came from the big manufacturers, small companies, service providers and research institutions in the UK, USA, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Israel, Norway, Spain
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Elbit Systems’ multimedia presentation demonstrates a cross-section of the Company’s products and capabilities which seamlessly integrate to deliver persistent area surveillance and control for a complex operational scenario. The mission is to seize and control a defined area utilizing Elbit Systems’ innovative networked response based on the WAAPS (Wide
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Yesterday saw the biggest turnout so far, with a sprinkling of uniforms adding colour and authenticity to the proceedings. The parallel sessions ad richness & variety but mean that inevitably a choice has to be made, which in my case meant focussing on Operational Experience (Military & Non-Military) and UAS
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Yamaha’s RMax unmanned helicopter was on display at the CRT Farmfest in Queensland, Australia, fitted with crop-spraying equipment for precision agriculture (PA). The debut of the racy-looking Rmax chopper, essentially a flying computer, takes the pilot out of the cockpit to make the technology more cost-effective. It ‘wowed’ visitors
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On the static display at the 49th International Paris Air Show, Cassidian will present combat proven UAS with the DRAC presented by the French Army which operates it in Afghanistan, videos presenting HARFANG last accomplishments and the future MALE TALARION with a scale 1 mock-up. With 30 years’ experience as
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The first session of the conference was dedicated to International Regulatory Activities, with presentations from ICAO, JARUS, Eurocontrol, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the Civil Aviation Authority, UK, and Federal Aviation Administration USA. To the surprise of some and to the delight of many, they all sounded as if they
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The 13th annual UAS Conference gets underway tomorrow in Paris at 2pm. First item on the agenda is a presentation of UVS International and its Board of Directors, an explanation of the Global Access Initiative, the activities deployed over the last 12 months, the objectives of the UAS 2011 conference
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The 9th Annual Edition of the International Unmanned Aircraft Systems Yearbook is currently at the printers and the first copies, hot off the presses, will be delivered to the UAS Conference 2011 in Paris next week. Delegates will be the first to get hard copies of what is without doubt
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During the opening plenary session at next week’s UAS Conference in Paris, Ron van de Leijgraaf, JARUS Chairman (CAA, The Netherlands) and Leader of the EUROCAE Small RPA Expert Group, will present an Activity Update on Small Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Harmonisation. In April 2011, the European Commission, DG
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One of the biggest highlights at the forthcoming UAS 2011 Conference being held in Paris next week will be the session billed as the ‘EC UAS Panel & The European Commission’s Initiative Regarding the Development of a Strategy for the Future of UAS in the European Union.’ The presentation