AeroVironment is to employ its small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to demonstrate aerial communications capabilities for the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2012
SOCOM’s UAS Programme on “Strategic Pause”
USSOCOM’s evaluation of the A160 Hummingbird UAS has been stalled since one of the platforms crashed in Belize in September 2010, said Army Col. Douglas Rombough, the program executive officer for rotary wing at USSOCOM.
University Multispectral Labs and Navmar Applied Sciences Team to Develop New Defence and Security Technologies
University Multispectral Laboratories (UML), a not-for-profit research, development, test, evaluation and training (RDT&E) institution serving a growing number of government agencies and military commands, announced that it has entered into a business collaboration agreement with Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation (NASC), Inc. to pursue joint scientific and commercialization projects for a wide range of potential defense, homeland security and energy technologies. Continue reading
Stark Announces New ISR Subsidiary
Stark Aerospace has established a new subsidiary, Stark Flight Services, to provide Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) services and focused operational support.
RPAS 2012 – FAA Reports on Progress on UAS Integration into the National Airspace System
On the second day of UVS International’s RPAS 2012 Conference in Paris on June 5 – 7, Rick Prosek, Manager of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office, USA, will give an update on the FAA’s programme of UAS Integration into the National Airspace System entitled “ Current UAS Operations in the National Airspace System and the Research and Development Horizon”. Continue reading
DreamHammer Delivers Universal Control for Unmanned Systems
The Pentagon has a big command-and-control problem. Not insubordination among the troops. It’s that unmanned systems for land, air and sea—for which the military spent $6 billion-plus last year—can’t “talk” to one another.
Bluesky Launches UAS Aerial Survey Service in UK
UK aerial survey company Bluesky has launched a fast response aerial survey service using state of the art unmanned aircraft.
ScanEagle Exceeds 600,000 Combat Flight Hours
Insitu announced that its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system has exceeded 600,000 combat flight hours, maintaining a 99 percent mission-readiness rate. Continue reading