Research presented to this month’s Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation in Melbourne by Richard Moore of The Vision Centre and the University of Queensland shows that small UAS can use insect-like visual navigation for navigation. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2011
US Army Ends UAS Flights with Ground-Based Radar Only
The US Army has decided to shut down its first-ever effort to fly unmanned aircraft using just ground-based radar because the endeavor was taking up needed resources without providing enough benefits, according to an official leading the programme. Continue reading
US Air Force Report Highlights UAS Vulnerability to Cyber Attacks on GPS
A day after the announcement of the downing of a RQ-170 in Iran, the Public Intelligence website received an FOUO report entitled “Operating Next-Generation Remotely Piloted Aircraft for Irregular Warfare” published in April 2011 by the US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. Continue reading
Iran Hacked RQ-170 GPS – Fooled into Autopilot Landing in Iran
Iran guided the CIA’s “lost” RQ-170 to an intact landing inside hostile territory by exploiting a navigational weakness long-known to the US military, according to an Iranian engineer now working on the captured drone’s systems inside Iran. Continue reading
Cassidian and Alenia Team on Future UAS Projects
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Cassidian on behalf of EADS Deutschland GmbH and Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A. to jointly investigate the potential cooperation in the field of Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAV). Continue reading
Gatewing Unveils Stretchout – New Revolutionary Image Processing Solution
Gatewing, manufacturer of the X100 unmanned aircraft system for mapping and surveying, introduces Gatewing Stretchout, a new image processing solution which automatically converts X100 image data to accurate orthophotos and DSMs. Continue reading
Denmark Shopping for Tactical UAS in Israel
Denmark’s Army is planning to buy tactical unmanned aircraft systems for avariety of different missions. Continue reading
MBDA Buys Viper Strike from Northrop Grumman
MBDA Inc., the wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of missile manufacturer MBDA, has purchased Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Viper Strike munitions business, located in Huntsville, AL. Terms of the agreement are not being disclosed. Continue reading