The Italian Air Force has set a new service record in December 2012, when one of its Predators deployed to Herat flew for 24 hours, supporting four different ground missions in Afghanistan. Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
UK MoD Reveals Expenditure on Delayed Watchkeeper Programme
The UK Ministry of Defence expects to spend £160 million ($258 million) on its Watchkeeper unmanned air system programme over the next three financial years, but is still unable to say when the delayed type will be ready to enter operational use. Continue reading
VectorNav Supplies IMU for Unmanned Innovation Autopilot Development Platform
Unmanned Innovation, a provider of development platforms for unmanned aircraft systems, has partnered with VectorNav Technologies to integrate VectorNav’s VN-100 inertial measurement unit (IMU) into Unmanned Innovation’s os-Series Autopilots. Continue reading
FRONTEX – “UAS are Reliable and Cost-Effective Means for Surveillance”
Frontex, the pan-European border agency based in Warsaw, is mandated to co-ordinate member state border police patrols on Europe’s external frontiers. Continue reading
US Air Force, Sandia Test UAS Ability to Track Radioactive Particles
The U.S. Air Force is teaming up with engineers from Sandia National Laboratories to test the capabilities of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) equipped with radiation sensors to collect airborne radioactive particles for analysis. Continue reading
After the TacoCopter, the Burrito Bomber
A San Francisco-based lab called Darwin Aerospace (which happens to be run by the popular food review site Yelp) has successfully test-launched an automatic delivery service that uses GPS-equipped drone to deliver burritos. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman, Cassidian Fly First Sensor-Equipped EURO HAWK Unmanned Aircraft
Northrop Grumman Corporation and EADS Deutschland GmbH, operating through Cassidian, together achieved a major milestone on Friday, January 11 with the first full system test flight of the EURO HAWK unmanned aircraft system (UAS) equipped with the signals intelligence (SIGINT) advanced sensors for detection of radar and communication emitters. Continue reading
BAE Systems Plans Taranis Test Flights in Australia in Spring
BAE Systems‘ Taranis, named after the Celtic god of thunder, is to be flown for the first time in a series of tests over the Australian outback in the spring in an attempt to demonstrate the technology to military chiefs. Continue reading