The RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) completed its first East Coast flight from Webster Field Annex on June 12, marking the start of the next phase of test for the programme. Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
FMS selects ING Robotic Aviation’s Fixed Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system for forest fire fighting in Chile
iFMS Chile has purchased the Serenity fixed wing unmanned aircraft systems from ING Robotic Aviation in Canada for use in forest fire fighting in Chile. Serenity will be used for aerial survey of forest fires using both electro-optical and infrared cameras, in order to provide a wide range of imagery that will be used in immediate support of Chilean forest fire fighting. Continue reading
Yo! Sushi QuadCopters Deliver Sushi in the Streets
CNN’s Jim Boulden talks to Robin Rowland, CEO of Yo! Sushi in the UK about the company’s experiments with QuadCopters for serving sushi. Continue reading
Next-Generation Transponder Successfully Tested on Triton
There’s a first time for everything, and BAE Systems’ next-generation Identification Friend or Foe system reached a first – flying on board the MQ-4C Triton, a high altitude unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
Brazilian CAA Grants First Experimental RPAS Flight Certificate
On 29 May 2013, the National Civil Aviation Agency – ANAC (Brazilian CAA) issued the first Experimental Flight Certificate for an RPAS to a private company in Brazil. Continue reading
UAV Factory Announces Electric Version of Penguin B Platform
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UAV Factory has announced the launch of an electric version of the Penguin unmanned aircraft – the Penguin BE. Continue reading
New All-Solid Sulphur-Based Battery Outperforms Lithium-ion Technology
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have designed and tested an all-solid lithium-sulphur battery with approximately four times the energy density of conventional lithium-ion technologies that power today’s electronics. Continue reading
Rafale Aerobatics Around the Patrouille de France
This video shows the Patrouille de France, the French Air Force display team, performing some (basic) aerobatic manoeuvres with a couple of Rafale multirole fighter jets. Continue reading