Northrop Grumman Corporation‘s portfolio of high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have achieved 100,000 flight hours – more than 88 percent of which were logged by the U.S. Air Force Global Hawk. The remaining hours were flown by the NASA Global Hawks, the German EURO HAWK, and the U.S. Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator and, more recently, Triton UAS. Continue reading
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Watchkeeper Spend Hits $1.3 Billion
The UK Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology Philip Dunne on 5 September revealed that the Ministry of Defence had spent £831 million ($1.3 billion) on the Watchkeeper programme by the end of the 2012-2013 financial year. Continue reading
ING Robotic Aviation Picks Simlat Training Systems for Canada College Programme
Simlat UAS & ISR Training & Simulation systems will be part of the first UAS operator’s training programme in Ontario, Canada, conducted by Canadore College. Curriculum design and training system recommendations were provided by ING Robotic Aviation. ING Robotic Aviation will also be providing instructors for the course. Continue reading
Japan Scrambles Jet Fighters to Intercept Unidentified UAS
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
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