Israel’s Urban Aeronautics announced that its AirMule prototype has recently resumed its flight testing after a systems and structural upgrade that lasted 4 months.
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Robonic Demonstrates High Speed Launch
Robonic Ltd Oy has successfully demonstrated the high speed launch of representative unmanned air systems in the 100 kg range at speeds of 70 meters per second.
Botswana Defence Force UAS Crash at Thebephatshwa
A Botswana Defence Force UAS crashed at Thebephatshwa Airbase last week after experiencing technical problems while in flight.
Fukushima Video Enhanced by Z Microsystems Image Processor in Real Time for TV
Z Microsystems, a provider of field-ready computing systems, announced that NHK, a major Japanese television station, is using the Z Microsystems Image Processor to improve the quality of live video coverage of the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Rockwell Collins Provides Guidance & Navigation System for TAI Anka
Rockwell Collins announced that its Athena inertial navigation system and global positioning system (INS/GPS) has been selected to provide guidance and navigation for the Anka Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAV, developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI).
Turkish Aerospace Industries – Anka Test Flight Video
General Atomics Wins $9M US Army Contract to Develop Universal Ground Control Station
Plans by the U.S. military to consolidate its numbers of ground control stations for unmanned aircraft systems may be moving forward with the announcement Tuesday of a contract to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. to integrate a Universal Ground Control Station.
‘UAS 2020: Looking to the Future’ – 5th Annual UAS Action Summit at Grand Forks
The Red River Valley Research Corridor is holding its 5th Annual Unmanned Aviation Systems Action Summit at the Alerus Center, Grand Forks, North Dakota, on June 2-3, 2011. It will focus on developing and strengthening the Nation’s burgeoning unmanned systems industry and advancing the call to develop responses to some of the pressing issues, challenges, and threats.