Insitu Inc. announced today that its Netherlands customer is now authorized to fly the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) under a limited military aircraft type-classification certificate from the Military Aviation Authority (MAA) of the Netherlands. Continue reading
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UNOSAT UAS Video of Swiss Rock Festival
UNOSAT continues to pioneer the use of UAS by testing live video streaming at the Paleo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland. Continue reading
FAA Urged to Keep Timetable for UAS Test Sites
Congress, concerned about a delay that has already occurred, is pressing the Federal Aviation Administration to stay on schedule for designating six test sites in December that will allow the operation of remotely piloted aircraft in airspace now used by manned planes, to determine how the flying can be safely integrated. Continue reading
GA-ASI Successfully Tests Nightlighter Airborne Imaging System
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced the successful flight test of its Nightlighter airborne imaging system. Continue reading
Boeing Team Demonstrates Expanded Control of Unmanned Aircraft Swarm
Boeing and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) have demonstrated that an operator on the ground, using only a laptop and a military radio, can command an unmanned aircraft “swarm.” Continue reading
MLB Bat Performs Hi-Res Assessment of Seagrass and Coral in Florida
MLB has announced that it has concluded a high-resolution assessment of carbon dynamics in seagrass and coral reef biomes in partnership with the UAV Collaborative to better understand the dynamics of vulnerable near shore environments. Continue reading
Boeing Demonstrates Unmanned Helicopter Little Bird Ship-Based Capability
The Boeing Unmanned Little Bird H-6U helicopter successfully performed 14 autonomous take-offs and landings from a ship during flight tests last month. Continue reading
UTC Aerospace Systems Gets Autopilots and Payload Contract for AAI Aerosonde
UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp.,has received a contract from AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems to supply Cloud Cap Technology autopilots, stabilized camera payloads, ground station software components and flight management software from its business in Hood River, Ore. Continue reading