Italy’s Directorate for Air Armaments and Airworthiness has contracted Canadian training system provider CAE to to develop and deliver upgrades and enhancements to a Predator Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Mission Trainer being developed for the Italian Air Force.
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Second $1M ‘Drones for Good’ Competition Announced
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The organising committee of the second edition of the $1 million ‘UAE Drones for Good Award’ has announced that it will start accepting entries for the award from June 15. Continue reading
New Predator B Variant on Track to be Certified for Flight in European Airspace
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced that it reached a significant milestone in its Independent Research and Development (IRAD) program to design, develop, and produce a variant of the Predator B RPA to be certified for flight according to the NATO Airworthiness Standard for unmanned aircraft.
South Korea Prepares for Unmanned Little Bird Demo
Boeing is currently working through the final clearances ahead of a planned demonstration of its H-6U Unmanned Little Bird (ULB) helicopter for the South Korean armed forces, a senior company official disclosed.
Airbus and Textron to Test Shadow for French Requirement
An Airbus Defence & Space and Textron Systems team is due to travel to Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, USA this week, to carry out testing of its offering for France’s tactical unmanned air vehicle requirement for the French DGA defence procurement agency.
Parrot Hydrofoil Drone
A new drone from Parrot does double duty, flying through the air like any other quadcopter but converting in a snap to propel a small hydrofoil boat. By attaching the drone perpendicular to the body of the boat, the gadget sends its thrust rearward instead of down, causing the boat to move forward and rise up on its little pontoons. Continue reading
NATO Global Hawk to be Tested at Edwards AFB
Northrop Grumman’s family of high-altitude long endurance unmanned aircraft systems welcomed its newest member June 4. The new Alliance Ground Surveillance system is the first of five being built for NATO.
Rentokil May use Drones for Bird Control
Pest control firm Rentokil Initial is looking into using drones for bird pest control, according to the firm’s global director of enterprise, Anthony Meadows.
Meadows, who was speaking at Computing‘s Enterprise Mobility and Application Management Summit 2015 , said that the company has to carry out a lot of ‘bird work’, and that it is looking into the use of drones as an alternative control method.