With the help of Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Department of Defense is making major strides in its ongoing initiative to quickly and efficiently share the vast volume of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) data available to users with access to the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS). Continue reading
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BlueBird and UAS Technologies Team to Develop Long Endurance UAS
Israeli unmanned aircraft system manufacturers BlueBird and UAS Technologies are jointly completing the development of a design with a maximum take-off weight of 24kg (53lb) and an endurance of 24 hours. Continue reading
Mosquito Research Could Help Micro-UAS
According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences a mosquito’s key defence when struck by a plummeting drop is its tiny mass. Researchers say the findings could one day help to improve the durability of ‘micro-airborne vehicles’, insect-sized flying robots developed for applications such as surveillance or rescue operations. Continue reading
Russia to Develop Strike UAS
Russia’s military hardware manufacturers have already started developing their own unmanned aircraft. Although this is a secret task, experts say that these aircraft could be similar to the American Predators. Continue reading
Moffett Field Hangar One – Stripdown of 79 Year Old Structure Almost Complete
The stripping down of Moffett Field Hangar One is nearly complete. The 79-year-old hangar’s walls and roof contained polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), asbestos and lead paint. Continue reading
Robert Dewar of AdaCore on UAS, Software and Security
The security and reliability of unmanned aircraft is of considerable concern, especially when are increasingly employed in public airspace.
Pentagon Eyes UAS App Store
The US military has dozens of different types of UAS and each one has its own unique controller. And each of those various controllers flies a single robot. There’s no system that controls multiple UAS at once. One Pentagon office thinks that’s an archaic way of doing business.
Simlat Provides Saint Louis University with Turnkey UAS Training System
Simlat has announced a recently awarded contract to provide a highly advanced UAS training system to Saint Louis University’s Center for Aviation Safety Research (CASR). Continue reading