Military
South Korea has allocated a budget of budget of $440M (500 billion Won) to develop unmanned combat aircraft."We're developing next-generation combat UAS and reconnaissance UAS simultaneously for Army units," a military source said on Monday. "About W500 billion has been earmarked for the projects.
News
Kutta Technologies, Inc. announced the formal product launch of their modular Manned / Unmanned Teaming Kit (MUM-TK) for aviators controlling UAS.The MUM-TK was developed in partnership with the Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD) of Ft. Eustis, Virginia to expand the capabilities of manned aircraft by teaming them with their unmanned
Propulsion
Goebler-Hirthmotoren KG (Hirth Motors) is launching a new UAS engine family based on Hirth’s 4102 100cc 2-stroke EFI engine that has flown over 15,000 successful missions in the EMT Luna UAS in Afghanistan and the Balkans. The 4102 was developed from a base King engine and Hirth is
Military
"A drone is nothing more than a plane without a pilot," Germany's Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere told the daily "Die Welt" in an article on Saturday. He said he that was in favour of the German armed forces using armed unmanned aircraft. "
News
A North Dakota court has preliminarily upheld the first-ever use of an unmanned aircraft to assist in the arrest of an American citizen.A judge denied a request to dismiss charges Wednesday against Rodney Brossart, a man arrested last year after a 16-hour standoff with police at his Lakota, North
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Lockheed Martin Procerus Technologies’ has announced a new small vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system which can be deployed in just minutes. The rugged, five-pound VTOL quad rotor, dual-sensor platform features an extended hover, perch and stare capability that provides military, civil and commercial customers with aerial reconnaissance
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Brock Technologies, Inc. of Tucson, Arizona announced their latest innovation, the Micro Portable Ground Control Station (uPGCS). The uPGCS builds upon the functionality provided by the Cloud Cap Technologies Portable Ground Control Station (PGCS) commonly used for the Command and Control (C2) of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) utilizing the commercially
Events
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
Commercial
Officials at the Pickles Butte Landfill in Caldwell, Idaho are using Avian Mitigation Drones, which, in other words, are remote-controlled eagles that are keeping the birds away from the landfill. "You'd be surprised how well this works," said Jack Biddle, landfill director. "The first time
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UAV Vision has announced that it is releasing its CM100, light weight, 100 mm diameter multi-sensor gyro stabilised gimbal. The CM100 has both High Definition colour electro optical (EO) daylight and Infrared (IR) sensors, and weighs less than 700g. Upgrades include higher resolution IR, and additional sensors such as a
Propulsion
Protonex Technology Corporation, a provider of advanced lightweight military power systems, announces the commercial availability of the UAV-H500 fuel cell power system for unmanned aerial and ground vehicles. The UAV-H500 is a commercial variant of the power system used by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory to set a flight
Military
Not many people have seen the X-47B up close: its Northrop Grumman manufacturers and its remote Navy test pilots, mostly. Until Tuesday, when the Navy Programme Executive Office in charge of developing what will be known as the UCLASS — for Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike System — let reporters