Speeding over Arctic sea ice, small remote-controlled aircraft snag video footage and high-definition shots of endangered Steller Sea Lions in their natural habitat.
Monthly Archives: June 2012
First Full Company of Gray Eagle Deployed
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced the recent deployment of the first full company of Gray Eagle UAS, F/227.
Insitu Pacific Trials ScanEagle for Queensland Government
Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., announced that it will employ its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system on behalf of the Queensland Government for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) for the first Siam weed detection trials using UAS. Continue reading
India Defines Mini-UAS Requirements
The Indian defence ministry has announced that a total of 95 mini UAS will be purchased in the near future. Continue reading
US Department of Homeland Security to Increase UAS Flights Over Caribbean
After quietly testing Predators over the Bahamas for more than 18 months, the Department of Homeland Security plans to expand the unmanned surveillance flights into the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico to fight drug smuggling, according to U.S. officials. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Gets $2.6M DCGS Integration Backbone Upgrade Contract
With the help of Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Department of Defense is making major strides in its ongoing initiative to quickly and efficiently share the vast volume of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) data available to users with access to the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS). Continue reading
BlueBird and UAS Technologies Team to Develop Long Endurance UAS
Israeli unmanned aircraft system manufacturers BlueBird and UAS Technologies are jointly completing the development of a design with a maximum take-off weight of 24kg (53lb) and an endurance of 24 hours. Continue reading
Mosquito Research Could Help Micro-UAS
According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences a mosquito’s key defence when struck by a plummeting drop is its tiny mass. Researchers say the findings could one day help to improve the durability of ‘micro-airborne vehicles’, insect-sized flying robots developed for applications such as surveillance or rescue operations. Continue reading