BAE Systems has for the first time successfully demonstrated the ability for an unmanned aircraft to recover to an airfield that is unfamiliar to its mission system. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Innocon MicroFalcon Flight Tests in Extreme Weather
Innocon’s MicroFalcon mini UAS has completed flight tests at extreme weather conditions. Continue reading
India Extends Use of UAS in Anti-Maoist Operations
An unmanned aircraft is likely to be pressed into service in the Visakha agency and the border districts of the Indian state to help in intelligence gathering on a real-time basis. The UAS base will be set up at Madurapuddi near Rajahmundry. Continue reading
Nebraska Farmers Want UAS for Crop Optimisation
Aerial video captivated an audience of farmers last week in Grand Island, watching a cheap camera attached to a small aircraft gets a bird’s eye view. Continue reading
Pulse Aerospace Announces New Unmanned Helicopter
Pulse Aerospace released is latest product, the PA-01 Vapor helicopter unmanned aircraft system at the PIPELINE Innovator of the Year Event in Overland Park, Kansas on January 26, 2012. Continue reading
MTC Presents Fail-Safe Servo Actuator at Singapore Airshow
MTC Industries and Research Carmiel Ltd. will introduce its Redundant Electro-Mechanical Rotary Servo Actuator (ERSA) for UAS at the Singapore Airshow, February 14-19 at the Changi Exhibition Centre. Continue reading
US Senate Passes FAA Bill
As expected, a bill to speed the switch from radar to an air traffic control system based on GPS technology, and to open US skies to unmanned aircraft flights within four years, received final congressional approval on Monday. Continue reading
Second Predator C Avenger Completes Successful First Flight
Predator C Avenger – Photo: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. announced the successful flight of a second multi-mission jet-powered Predator C Avenger aircraft.