The Italian air force has begun using its General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Predator B unmanned air system in Afghanistan, following successful check flights. Continue reading
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Predator B Demonstrates Integrated, Networked Electronic Warfare Potential
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI), and Northrop Grumman Corporation have announced the second successful demonstration of Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper’s Electronic Attack capability featuring Northrop Grumman’s new Pandora Electronic Warfare (EW) system at the U.S. Marine Corps’ (USMC) Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course held at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma on October 22. Continue reading
Dassault and BAE Systems Welcome Anglo-French UCAV Pact
BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation have welcomed the launch by the UK and France of a joint two-year £120 million ($198 million) feasibility study into a future unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV). Continue reading
IAI to Reveal New-Look Heron at Singapore Air Show
The Malat division of Israel Aerospace Industries will display a modified Heron unmanned air system at the Singapore Air Show in February. The modifications are mainly on the airframe, to enable the use of a heavy fuel engine. Continue reading
Afghans Stone Downed Predator
Apparently this UAS has crashed three weeks ago.Afghan officials said on Saturday that it went down in the town of Shindand, but a Taliban spokesman claimed that the militants shot down the aircraft during an airstrike against their stronghold on Friday. Continue reading
2013 –The Year of the Hermes UAS
2013 was an especially successful year for Elbit Systems’ unmanned aircraft systems operations, where the Hermes family, particularly the most advanced of the UAS family – the Hermes 900, reported noteworthy achievements. Continue reading
Spanish RPAS Community Workshop
A three-day workshop on RPAS has been organised by AESA (Spanish CAA) with the support of EUROCONTROL and AERPAS (Spanish RPAS association (28-30/01/2014) Continue reading
Applanix Conducts Successful Test flight of Professional Mapping UAS
Applanix Corporation and American Aerospace Advisors have completed a successful series of test flights of AAAI’s RS-16 platform equipped with Applanix’ DMS-UAV aerial photogrammetry payload. This is the first successful mission for a long-endurance UAS capable of producing professional-grade, directly georeferenced mapping imagery for civilian applications such as pipeline monitoring, power line and emergency response mapping. Continue reading