The European Defence Agency (EDA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have co-organized the third user/stakeholder workshop on Unmanned Aircraft Systems on March 8th 2012, at the ESA Redu Centre, Belgium. Continue reading
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Australia Publishes Draft Qualifications for RPA Pilot License
The Australian Government has just released draft proposals for qualifications required to obtain a Certificate III in Aviation (Remote Pilot). Continue reading
Autonomous, Roaming Swarm Creates Temporary Local Wi-Fi Network
Electronic Countermeasures @ GLOW Festival NL 2011 from liam young on Vimeo.
The Electronic Countermeasures project is essentially an autonomous, roaming Internet swarm, constructed from repurposed UAS. Continue reading
Mexico Was $50M Hermes 900 Buyer
When Elbit Systems announced a $50 million sale “to supply Hermes 900 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to a governmental office of a country in the Americas” on Jan. 3,there was speculation that Colombia was the buyer. Continue reading
Russia To Build sUAS for Vietnam
Russian military aircraft manufacturer Irkut has signed a contract with Vietnam to build a small unmanned aircraft for the Southeast Asian country, Izvestia daily reported last week.
Northrop Grumman Reveals Global Hawk Contract Status
The US Air Force has not formally cancelled the Block 30 version of the RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, a top Northrop Grumman executive says. Continue reading
Animal Rights Activists in Northern Ireland Use UAS to Expose Badger Baiting
The Ulster Society Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Northern Ireland has been using a quadrocopter to expose the secretive world of Badger baiting. Continue reading
MIT Develops Hand Gesture Recognition System for UAS on Carrier Decks
Aircraft-carrier crews use a set of standard hand gestures to guide planes on the carrier deck. But as unmanned aircraft are increasingly used for routine air missions, researchers at MIT are working on a system that would enable them to follow the same types of gestures. Continue reading