World Surveillance Group Inc., a developer of lighter-than-air aerostats and unmanned aerial systems, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lighter Than Air Systems Corp. (“LTAS”), has provided seven critical aerostat launcher electric main winches and spare components to support the Small Tactical Multi-Payload Aerostat System (“STMPAS”) for the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force (“REF”). Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
The UN Security Council Should Deploy UAS in Ivory Coast
The U.N. Security Council should consider deploying unmanned surveillance aircraft in Ivory Coast to aid the world body’s peacekeeping mission in the west African country, Ivory Coast’s U.N. envoy said on Tuesday, echoing a recommendation by the U.N. chief. Continue reading
General Norton Schwartz Joins Aurora Flight Sciences Board
Aurora Flight Sciences announced that General Norton A. Schwartz, retired Air Force Chief of Staff, has been elected to its Board of Directors. General Schwartz entered the Air Force Academy in 1969 and retired as the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force in 2012 in a career spanning over 43 years. Continue reading
RPAS 2013 Conference & Regulatory Forum Programme Announced
Today the programme of the RPAS 2013 Conference & Regulatory Forum was published. The 15th edition of this annual international event will take place at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, Belgium on 24-27 June 2013 (the week following the Paris Air Show). Continue reading
Boeing X-48C Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft Completes Flight Testing
The Boeing X-48C research aircraft flew for the 30th and final time April 9, marking the successful completion of an eight-month flight-test programme to explore and further validate the aerodynamic characteristics of the Blended Wing Body design concept. Continue reading
South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Promotes Civil MALE UAS Development
The South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is making progress in integrating national research and testing efforts aimed at putting technologies in place for a medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial system through the Civil Commercial Unmanned Aerial System (CCUAS) project. Continue reading
US Air Force Research Lab Studies Bat Flight for Micro Aircraft Development
“Biology has taught us a huge amount about flight,”‘ says Kenny Breuer, professor of engineering at the Air Force Research Laboratory. Continue reading
UAV Factory Delivers Gimbal Retraction Mechanism
UAV Factory started deliveries of GR-01 gimbal retraction mechanism. GR-01 gimbal retract mechanism is specifically designed for OTUS U135 gyro-stabilized gimbals from DST CONTROL AB.