Accidents
In August 2011, photos emerged of a bird-like unmanned aircraft that went down because of a technical fault just inside Pakistani territory in Chaman town, in insurgency-hit Baluchistan province. An official from Pakistan's paramilitary Frontier Corps in Quetta, Baluchistan province's main town, confirmed the incident. "
Testing
With a small crowd of legislators and civic leaders observing, a nonprofit group launched a small, unmanned aircraft at the former runway at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, Montana early 0n Wednesday morning.Remotely controlled, the 30-pound Sandstorm plane with a 15-foot wing span performed a few silent loops
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Nepal’s antipoaching efforts received a major boost this week as park rangers and army personnel learn how to operate unmanned aircraft in two national parks in a training programme organized by WWF. Nepal is home to rhinos, tigers and elephants, among the world’s most vulnerable species. Poaching of
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Should the U.S. actually take Benjamin Netanyahu’s advice and attack Iran, don’t expect a few sorties flown by a couple of fighter jocks. Setting back Iran’s nuclear efforts will need to be an all-out effort, with squadrons of bombers and fighter jets, teams of commandos, rings
Testing
Military researchers working for the Pentagon have released video footage of one of its newest projects, the Legged Squad Support System LS3, and are touting the creation as a cyborg-style animal-drone that will aid troops across a variety of terrains. Scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA,
Business
German company 3W Modellmotoren, which produces the motors for small airplanes, stated that dealers resold some of its technologies to Belarus for the use in unmanned aircraft. As Managing Director Pert Wintrich stated, it is quite possible that Belarus received the motors from one of the dealers. “You never know
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The University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University have partnered with NASA, working on an automatic sense and avoid system for unmanned aircraft. Dr. Mark Askelson with the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at UND says, “We’re doing this work so we can test it, gather real data
Military
France, which had favoured a joint project with Britain to build military UAS under the previous government, is looking at partnerships with other countries, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday, as he criticized the cost and effectiveness of the project with Great Britain. Le Drian previously said the
VTOL
Swiss UAV announced that it has delivered three new VTOL UA systems based on the all new „Mjolnir“ to end customers in Germany - DLR (ARTIS), ESG (UMAT) and the German ‚Bundeswehr’ (MUSECO). The new VTOL UAS distinguishes itself by its modularity.The ARTIS has been fitted out with a
VTOL
The US Navy will usher in a new era next month in Coronado by launching its first unmanned-helicopter squadron, which will train current pilots and enlisted nonpilots to fly the up to 6,000-pound unmanned aircraft that may eventually claim a spot on every Navy ship. The Navy is using
Commercial
NASA has begun its latest hurricane science field campaign by flying an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft over Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic Ocean during a day-long flight from California to Virginia.With the Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) mission, NASA for the first time will be flying Global Hawks
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A year and a half ago, Miami-Dade Police Department received two Honeywell T-Hawks as part of a Department of Justice grant. It was the first large metro force in the nation to get these metallic eyes in the sky, and hoped to use them as support during hostage situations and