Yearly Archives: 2013
South Korea Military Considers using Unmanned Attack Helicopters against North
The South Korean military is pushing to develop unmanned attack helicopters capable of hitting North Korea’s front-line bases as a way to counter growing threats from the communist country, a senior military official said on Monday. Continue reading
X-47B Featured on “CBS Sunday Morning”
This is an extract from David Martin’s full report on the future of UAS which aired on Sunday, on “CBS Sunday Morning” TV show. Continue reading
Bulova Technologies to Market United Drones
Bulova Technologies Group, Inc. announced the signing of an agreement with United Drones, LLC of Naples Florida to market the United Drones product line of Unmanned Aircraft, Unmanned Ground Vehicles, and Armored Tactical Command Centers. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Successfully Flight Demonstrates New Mission Management Control System for UAS
Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully flew a RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft for the first time using open architecture-based command and control software and hardware developed by the company, moving the company one step closer to offering its common Mission Management Control System (MMCS) product, which can be implemented across various unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to improve mission effectiveness and reduce training requirements. Continue reading
Roke’s Miniature Radar Altimeters Now Certified Dust and Water Proof
Roke Manor Research Ltd (Roke) has achieved an Ingress Protection (IP) certification for its Miniature Radar Altimeters (MRA).This will deliver UAS operators greater flexibility in mission types, including recovery from water, and reduced operating costs. Continue reading
European RPAS Steering Group Work: First Tangible Result-Call for proposals of RPAS Demonstrations
In the framework of the European Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Steering Group (“ERSG”), established by the European Commission in 2012, there is the need to identify, plan, coordinate, and subsequently monitor the activities necessary to achieve the safe integration of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (“RPAS”) into the non-segregated Air Traffic Management (“ATM”) environment. Continue reading
Iran Mass-Producing ScanEagle Replicas
Iran has for the first time released images of the production line of an unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) which is manufacturing copies of the US ScanEagle. Continue reading