AeroVironment just released this video of the Wasp Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) – a small, portable, reliable, and rugged unmanned aerial platform designed for front-line day/night reconnaissance and surveillance. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Lockheed Martin Acquires Procerus Technologies and its Kestrel Autopilot
Lockheed Martin announced the acquisition of Procerus Technologies, a company specialising in autopilot and other avionics for micro unmanned aerial systems. Continue reading
Iran Produces Toy Version of RQ-170
According to Iranian state radio, a local firm, seeking to capitalize on the frenzy that followed the crash of the RQ-170 — is now producing miniaturized toy versions of the craft. Continue reading
DARPA Awards 3rd Contract to Develop Low-Power, Non-Acoustic Anti-Submarine Warfare Technologies for UAS
Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) experts in the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Virginia, have awarded their third industry contract for a programme that seeks to develop technologies to help detect enemy submarines in shallow coastal waters and harbours without using traditional acoustic submarine-hunting technologies like sonar. Continue reading
Israel’s Defence Ministry Blocks Unmanned Dominator Sale to Abu Dhabi
Israel’s defence ministry has blocked a contract to sell Aeronautics Defense Systems Dominator XP unmanned air systems to Abu Dhabi, after reviewing the contents of the deal. Continue reading
US Navy Rushing the MQ-47B
The US Navy has done the maths and realised that it needs unmanned combat aircraft (UCAS, or Unmanned Combat Air System) on their carriers as soon as possible. Continue reading
Miami-Dade Police Department MAVs Ready for Use
The Miami-Dade Police Department finally stands ready to launch their two Honeywell T-Hawk micro air vehicles, or MAVs, the next time a shooting standoff or hostage situation could use a bird’s eye boost, more than two years after acquiring the equipment. Continue reading
Fulmar Flies for Frontex
Thales and Aerovisión have given a real flight demonstration of the Fulmar for the European Agency Frontex, the organism in charge of coordinating the border control operations of the European Union member states. Continue reading