Christian Claudel at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology outside Jeddah is working on a UAS system that could give cities between 30 minutes and 2 hours of warning, as well as predicting the flood’s path. Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
US NAVAIR Develops Airspace Integration Simulation Programme
Marines from Cherry Point, N.C., visit NAS Patuxent River, Md., to train with the Ground Based Sense and Avoid System, a new computer system designed to safely integrate unmanned aircraft in civilian airspace. Continue reading
MQ-8C Fire Scout Model on Display at Northrop
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San Diego news channel reported on the developments of the locally-built MQ-8C Fire Scout. Continue reading
World Wildlife Fund Issues RFP for UAS to Combat Poaching
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has published a Request for Information and Proposal (RFI/RFP) from the Wildlife Crime Technology Project for an aerial system. (Last submission by June 21st) Continue reading
Dreamhammer Launches COTS Multi-System Control Software
DreamHammer has announced the pre-general release launch of its Ballista control software. Ballista is an intelligent control platform that for the first time integrates unrelated unmanned aircraft and robots from different manufacturers into one system. Continue reading
Triton Completes First Flight
The Navy’s newest unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft platform, the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), completed its first flight from Palmdale, California on May 22, marking the start of tests which will validate the Northrop Grumman-built system for future fleet operations. Continue reading
Triton First Flight Video
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Northrop Grumman just released this footage of the Triton unmanned aircraft system’s successful first flight from the company’s manufacturing facility in Palmdale, California. The one and a half hour flight successfully demonstrated control systems that allow Triton to operate autonomously. The full B-Roll footage can be seen below. Continue reading
First F-35B Vertical Takeoff Test
An F-35B test aircraft completes the first-ever vertical takeoff (VTO) at NAS Patuxent River, Md., on May 10, 2013. Continue reading