The world imagined in a 1960 Science-Fiction TV Series took a step closer to reality with the announcment by Moller International, Inc., the developer of the Rotapower line of rotary engines and the Aerobot line of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, that the Federal Aviation Administration has accepted its application for Experimental Airworthiness Certification of the M400 Skycar.
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Revolutionary Form of ‘Airborne Auto-Motion’ from Austria
US Research Team Microaviary Flight Lab
Microdrone at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
At Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, two miles from the cow pasture where the Wright Brothers learned to fly the first airplanes, military researchers are at work on another revolution in the air: shrinking unmanned drones, the kind that fire missiles into Pakistan and spy on insurgents in Afghanistan, to the size of insects and birds.
Northrop Grumman Pitches MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance UAS to Indian Navy
Northrop Grumman is pitching its MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aircraft system to the Indian navy.
Boeing A160 Hummingbird Begins Final Proving Phase
A decade-long investment in the unmanned, long-endurance A160 Hummingbird helicopter is set to enter a final proving phase at the end of the month. Boeing plans to deliver the first of 20 new production aircraft assembled in Mesa, Arizona by the end of June to a flight-test facility in Victorville, California.
Sikorsky Experiments Fly-By-Wire for Unmanned Black Hawk
Sikorsky hopes to demonstrate an optionally piloted resupply mission using a fly-by-wire-equipped UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopter by the end of this year. Continue reading
Iran Showed American UAS Shot Down Over the Gulf to Russians
Iran has shown Russia, American UAS that it shot down over the Gulf, Revolutionary Guards aerospace commander Brigadier General Amir Ali Hadjizadeh was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
India Wants More UAS for Maoist Counter-Terrorism Operations
The Indian Government plans to deploy unmanned aircraft in the Maoist-infested areas to gather real time intelligence and help the security forces counter Maoists attacks effectively.