“I am convinced that the domestic use of UAS to conduct surveillance and collect other information will have a broad and significant impact on the everyday lives of millions of Americans,” Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of a Senate Judiciary Committee looking into drone legislation, said on Thursday (March 21), CNN reports. Continue reading
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Sagetech Corp Achieves ISO 9001 and AS9100C Certifications
Avionics developer Sagetech Corporation announced that it has been awarded certifications for both AS9100C and ISO 9001:2008 standards. Continue reading
Propeller Issue Led to Predator Crash
A propeller malfunction on an MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft, coupled with operator error, led to the platform’s crash last October in Afghanistan, announced Air Combat Command officials. Continue reading
View from the Cockpit of Mustang Formation Flight
This in-cockpit video was filmed at the 2009 Flying Legends Airshow at Duxford and features “The Horsemen” Mustang display team flying 3 North American P51 Mustangs. Continue reading
Rockwell Collins Tactical Targeting Network Technology in X-47B UCAS Deck Trials
Rockwell Collins Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) was used by Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy as they successfully completed a series of deck handling trials of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75). Continue reading
Delft Dynamics Selected by Dutch Defence for Development of Flying Robots
Delft Dynamics‘ project ASIMOV, “Autonomous Rapid Deployable Multicopter for Overview and Security”, has been selected by the Dutch Ministry of Defence as best project proposal of a total of 44 submitted proposals by Dutch SMEs under the SBIR tender “Safe ground based actions and military operations in urban areas”. This research and development project will be executed in a period of two years. Continue reading
Cloud Cap Technology Launches Piccolo Nano Autopilot for Small UAS
UTC Aerospace Systems has announced the introduction of the Cloud Cap Technology Piccolo Nano UAS autopilot, the smallest addition to Piccolo family of flight management systems. Continue reading
New York Times Predicts Boom in Commercial Use of UAS
The New York Times just posted this report on the development Unmanned Aircraft Systems for commercial purposes. Continue reading