Military
Northrop Grumman Corporation has started work outfitting the US Navy's MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter with a weapons system. The Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System laser-guided 70 mm rocket -- in production for the Navy since 2010 -- will allow ship commanders to identify and engage hostile targets
Events
Aeryon Labs was presented with the prestigious Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) 2011 Mind to Market Award at the Ontario Centres of Excellence annual general meeting held on Monday night in Toronto. Most notably Aeryon Labs developed the Aeryon Scout, an innovative, easy-to-use, battery powered, unmanned aerial intelligence
Commercial
Archaeological researchers are an early adopter of remote sensing technology but until the early part of the twenty-first century data was primarily limited to aerial/satellite imagery and photogrammetry. These methods were rather successful for a number of projects, most notably investigations of the geoglyphs of Nazca, Peru, but
Military
The US Navy has disclosed that a classified intelligence payload is now flying on the Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout. Northrop was awarded a $1 million contract earlier this month to integrate a payload called Twister on the MQ-8B - an unmanned helicopter based on the Sikorsky S330 - according
VTOL
At the end of October 2011, Thomas Senkel of e-volo made the first manned flight with an e-powered multicopter at an airstrip in the southwest of Germany. The flight lasted one minute and 30 seconds, after which the constructor and test pilot stated: "The flight characteristics are
VTOL
Just ahead of its first deployment to Afghanistan next month, Kaman posted this promo of their K-Max Unmanned Aircraft System, which they now call an "Unmanned Aerial Truck". K-MAX will be the Navy’s first-ever cargo unmanned aircraft system to deploy in an operational environment.
Commercial
Crop physiologist Larry Purcell is employing unmanned aerial reconnaissance to study 1,200 research plots for traits that may help the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture develop drought-tolerant soybean varieties.Purcell, holder of the Altheimer Chair for Soybean Research, and Vaughn Skinner, director of the Arkansas Agricutural
Commercial
AeroVironment, Inc. has introduced the Qube , and in doing so, created a new category, the Public Safety Small UAS, for applications such as law enforcement and first response. Small enough to fit easily in the trunk of a car, the Qube system can be unpacked, assembled and ready for flight
Commercial
The Sheriff's Office in Montgomery County, Texas, is scheduled to take delivery today, Friday, of a ShadowHawk from Vanguard Defense Industries. The ShadowHawk is a fully autonomous helicopter equipped with a digital daytime camera as well as an infrared camera for nighttime operations. The aircraft was purchased through
VTOL
SurveyCopter-Developed 'Tracker' on Cassidian Stand at MILIPOL, Paris today Franco-German aerospace group European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co announced yesterday that its security and defence division Cassidian has acquired SurveyCopter, a closely-held French company specialised in the manufacture of light unmanned aircraft as part of
Data Links & Communications
Boeing plans a November 2 rollout ceremony in Mesa, Arizona, for the first upgraded AH-64D Apache Block III destined for the US Army. Ten of the latest Apaches are advancing through production, David Koopersmith, Boeing Vice President of Attack Helicopter Programmes, said October 10 during a briefing at the
VTOL
Israel Aerospace Industries has become the latest company to offer an unmanned helicopter for combat resupply and medevac missions. Avi Bleser, marketing director of IAI's Malat UAS division, said that although tests of the automated flight control system have so far been performed on a Bell 212, the