Mojave Flight Systems LLC, located in the Mojave Desert of Western California and in Singapore, specialises in developing flight simulators for Commercial and General Aviation, so we were intrigued to learn that they were launching their own unmanned aircraft, the Explorer One, at a base price of $4,185. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2011
BAE Systems Gets $132M Contract for C4ISR Support from US Navy
BAE Systems has received a $132 million US Navy task order to provide C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) technical services for military operations around the world. Continue reading
Research on Autonomous In-Flight Refuelling for UAS
A recently launched research project involving researchers at Bristol University and UK aerospace company Cobham is attempting to solve the problem of entirely autonomous aerial refuelling. Continue reading
California State University, Fresno Develops UAS with Edwards Air Force Base Support
In conjunction with the Edwards Air Force Base, a collaborative team from Fresno State’s engineering department has been working on an aerial laser-targeting UAV project, for the past three years. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Space Gets $29M Contract for Global Hawk Operations
Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems is being awarded a $29,515,929 firm-fixed-price contract modification. Continue reading
Iran’s Unmanned Aircraft on Parade
This video of an Iranian Armed Forces Military Parade, featuring several unmanned aircraft and a Mobile Ground Control Station, just appeared on the Internet. Continue reading
QinetiQ Zephyr Wins Double Award in UK
QinetiQ’s Zephyr team has been honoured by the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) for their world record breaking work on a High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft by winning both the awards for Emerging Technologies and Product Design at the prestigious IET Innovation Awards event held in London on Wednesday 9th November. Continue reading
Jeddah, Tokyo & Cranfield Team on Solar-Powered UAS
King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, said Arabia is to enter unmanned aircraft systems technology with the signing of an agreement with Japan’s Tokai University, Tokyo and the British Cranfield University. Continue reading


