Spain’s EXPAL is now marketing this bird-like UAS , originally developed to scare birds away from airports, as a military “stealth” aircraft which is mistaken as a bird. Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
BlueBird Gets SpyLite UAS Latin American Order
BlueBird has won a contract to supply its SpyLite mini unmanned aircraft system to a Latin American country, where the equipment will be used mainly for “civil surveillance” tasks. Continue reading
First UN UAS to be Deployed in Congo in November
The first in a fleet of United Nations UAS will begin monitoring rebel activity on the borders of the Democratic Republic of Congo next month, according to a UN commander. Continue reading
Aurora Flight Sciences Joins DARPA TERN Programme
A US military research programme that seeks to develop a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system that can launch and recover from relatively small ships for long-term maritime surveillance has grown to five separate contractors. Continue reading
UAS Monitor Tracking Tags on Wild Life
Engineers at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK, last week introduced a new generation of tracking tags that can be interrogated from the air by UAS. On sensing a weak signal from one postage-stamp-sized tag fixed to an animal, a UAS can fly towards the creature on autopilot and retrieve the tag’s data. Continue reading
Conservation UAS over Barro Colorado Island, Panama
Lian Pin Koh (ConservationDrones.org) and Brenden Duffy (FlightRiot.com) went on a trip to Barro Colorado Island, Panama, upon the invitation of Dr. Helene Muller-Landau from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Continue reading
Barnstorming – Wing Walking On A Tiger Moth
Greame Wood shows off his piloting skills while Cherly ‘Rusty’ Butterworth goes wing-walking on a de Havilland Tiger Moth. Continue reading
Israeli Air Force Hermes 450 Crashes in Mediterranean
An Israeli Air Force (IAF) Hermes 450 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) crashed at sea off the coast of Ashkelon on Tuesday. The wreckage was picked up by the Israeli Navy shortly after the crash. The cause of the accident is unknown but early assessments point to engine failure. Continue reading