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The DBF (Design/Build/Fly) Competition is an annual, international competition sponsored by Cessna Aircraft Co/Raytheon Missile Systems and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The Fly-off for the 15th Competition was held at TIMPA Field in Tucson, AZ on the weekend of April 15-17, 2011.
AAI Test & Training has been awarded $9.7 million to deliver an electronic warfare (EW) radio frequency (RF) simulator for the U.S. Air Force’s EW Avionics Integration Support Facility (EWAISF).
The FAA has issued a notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 203: Unmanned Aircraft Systems to be held at the RTCA Conference Rooms, in Washington on May 17-19, 2011. Here is the AGENDA:
'Bluey' the Heron - Credit: SGT W. Guthrie Copyright: Commonwealth of Australia
The fourth rotation (ROT 4) of Australia’s Heron* Detachment in Kandahar, Afghanistan, has set a unit record for monthly flying hours of 475 hours during April.
Datron World Communications has announced several improvements to its Scout unmanned aircraft, including two new payloads and structural enhancements that make the device more durable and sturdier.
Angola’s defence ministry is negotiating the purchase of a number of Israel Aerospace Industries Heron 1 unmanned aircraft systems, according to African sources.
The Fars News Agency anounced on Sunday that the Iranian Army plans to increase the range of its home-made UAS and also equip its reconnaissance unmanned aircraft with missile-launching systems, according to an Iranian commander.
As part of the us Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Programme, the Air Force Research Laboratory calls for a proposal on the ‘Aerial Distribution of Taggants‘.