The US Army wants to add a launch site at Dugway Proving Ground for drones that would fly south 150 miles over the Snake Valley in western Utah and back to the Army base. Continue reading
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Northrop Grumman Statement on the Global Hawk Block 30 Programme
Northrop Grumman Corporation has released the following statement on the Global Hawk Block 30 programme: Continue reading
Pentagon Plans 30% Increase in UAS Fleet
Chart: The Wall Street Journal
The Pentagon plans to expand its global network of unmanned aircraft and special-operations bases in a fundamental realignment meant to project US power even as it cuts back conventional forces.
Aurora Flight Sciences Sells First Centaur to Switzerland
Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that the Swiss Department of Defence has become the first customer for the Centaur Optionally-Piloted Aircraft. Continue reading
University Of Colorado Boulder Uses UAS to Assess Decline Of Arctic Sea Ice in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea
CU-Boulder Research Professor James Maslanik, left, CU-Boulder graduate student Ian Crocker, centre, and NOAA researcher John Adler, right - Photo : University of Colorado
A national research team led by the University of Colorado Boulder is embarking on a two-year, multi-pronged effort to better understand the impacts of environmental factors associated with the continuing decline of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.
Germany Set to Include UAS in Air Traffic Laws
The German Parliament is about to approve a new law to include unmanned aircraft in air traffic laws. Continue reading
Microflown Avisa Mounts Acoustic Vector Sensors On Board Unmanned Aircraft
Discovery Channel attended a first test by Microflown AVISA, and the MicroAerialVehicle Lab from TU Delft, conducted at Vredepeel airbase.
A Skywalker unmanned aircraft was equipped with both a fish eye camera and an Acoustic Vector Sensor. Continue reading
Global Hawk – US Air Force to Buy 3 More Block 40 Aircraft – Cancels 10 Block 30 Aircraft
The Pentagon’s proposed fiscal 2013 budget includes about $1.2 billion to buy three additional advanced versions of Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Global Hawk, according to a U.S. government official. Continue reading