Japan scrambled fighter jets on Monday after an unidentified UAS flew near Tokyo-controlled islands at the centre of a bitter dispute with China, a defence ministry spokesman said.It was the first reported incident of its kind. Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
Nigerian Air Force Tests Domestic-Built UAS
Two indigenously developed unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) made their maiden flight at the Nigerian Air Force Base in Kaduna last month. The UAS are designed to enhance aerial surveillance capabilities of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), but serial production of the system still seems far away. Continue reading
BeerCopter Debuts on English Beach
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The Urban Reef Bar/Restaurant in Bournemouth, England, commissioned Out Filming, an aerial film production company, to produce a promotional video for the beach-front bar. Continue reading
India Deploys Herons to China Border
India’s Army has re-deployed its most potent UAS, the Israel-made Heron, from its western borders to those in the East, along the 4,057 km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC). Continue reading
Burning Man 2013 Viewed by Phantom/GoPro Hero 3
Some daytime scenes from around the playa at Burning Man 2013 – the surreal celebration of fleeting beauty, self-reliance, generosity, and elaborate self-expression held every year in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. Continue reading
Japan Global Hawks May Face Same Regulatory Problems as EuroHawk
The Japanese Ministry of Defence’s plan to purchase three Global Hawks by 2015 may be facing a problem, and it’s not a financial one. According to the country’s current Civil Aeronautics Law, it prohibits the deployment and flight of an unmanned aircraft and doesn’t consider planes like the Global Hawk as “fixed-wing planes”. Continue reading
Schiebel Camcopter S-100 – Succesful Integration with FLIR Systems Polytec AB Corona 350 Sensor
Schiebel and FLIR Systems Polytec AB have announced the successful integration of the Schiebel Camcopter S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) with the Corona 350 Airborne Sensor. This successful integration marked the first time that this airborne sensor was flown on board a UAS. Continue reading
UK Increases Use of Armed UAS in Afghanistan
The proportion of British UAS using missiles in Afghanistan has doubled in the last five years, official figures show. In 2008, there were 296 missions over Afghanistan and one or more missiles was deployed by a British-operated Reaper on 14 missions, 5 per cent of the total number of sorties. But in 2012, there were 892 missions by British UAS, with weapons being fired on 92 occasions – more than 10 per cent of all sorties. Continue reading