In what are believed to be the first-ever flight cycles of an unmanned aircraft based on an unmanned boat, Flexrotor launches from a remotely-controlled skiff while underway, climbs out as a helicopter, transitions to wing-borne flight, images the skiff while flying at low and high speeds, transitions back to thrust-borne flight, and retrieves autonomously onboard. Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
Three New Reapers Finalise Acceptance Testing in UK
The UK’s next batch of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Reaper unmanned aircraft systems is nearing acceptance, with all five due to have completed testing before year-end. Continue reading
Boeing Insitu ScanEagle Operations in Afghanistan
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class James Stilipec American Forces Network Afghanistan shows assembly , launch, operation and recovery of a ScanEagle in the field. Continue reading
WW2 Battle Of Britain Heroes: Spitfire, Hurricane and Mustang
The Supermarine Spitfire Ml.XVI and Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIa of the Alpine Fighter Collection are shown here during their display at the Classic Fighters airshow held at Omaka Aerodrome, Blenheim, New Zealand. Continue reading
UAS Patrol Spots 210 Punds Marihuana Drop
On October 17, at approximately 12 a.m. U.S. Border Patrol agents intercepted an ultra-lite aircraft about seven miles north of Plantation Rd., Douglas , Arizona. Continue reading
UAS TAAC 2013
The NMSU/PSL UAS Technical Analysis and Applications Center (TAAC) is organising the UAS TAAC 2013 on December 9-12, 2013, at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya, located on the Santa Ana Pueblo, just north of Albuquerque, NM. Continue reading
Metallic Make-Up Controls UAS with a Wink
When Katia Vega winks, strange things happen: a miniature UAS takes to the air, or a hundred LEDs in her hair sparkle like a Christmas tree. It works because she has developed a range of conducting cosmetics that let her activate electronics with a flip of her eyelids. Continue reading
FAA Grants Special Airworthiness Certificate for Nighthawk IV Micro Unmanned Aircraft System
Following a comprehensive review and demonstration in September of 2013, Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has received a Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) Special Airworthiness Certificate for its Nighthawk IV micro Unmanned Air System (UAS) operating at its Randolph, Vt. location for the purposes of research & development, customer demonstrations and crew training. Continue reading