Residents in a small community in Cowley County, Kansas got the thrill of the year recently when a flatbed trailer came driving down main street with what appeared to be a saucer shaped craft on the trailer. Continue reading
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NATO Cyber Attack Prevention Exercise
The Military Channel just posted this video of a NATO cyber-attack prevention exercise held recently in Belgium. Continue reading
Anatomy of May 5 Predator Crash in Kandahar
The unmanned aircraft had been in the air for close to five hours before its mission crew realized that something was wrong. Continue reading
US Army Issues RFI for Heavy Fuel or AVGAS Engine for AAI Shadow
The US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) Redstone Arsenal, AL, on behalf of the US Army, desires to obtain information to serve as a market survey heavy fuel or AVGAS engine candidates that would fit the Shadow UAS with little or no modification to the airframe or engine. Continue reading
China Hacking Into American UAS Using Adobe Reader And Internet Explorer
A rash of new clues surrounding the Sykipot computer virus having its way with the US unmanned aircraft fleet suggests the malware originated in China, and explains how it has been used. Continue reading
Afghan Operations Test Shadow Engine Reliability
The US Army and AAI have established a specialist team to determine the root cause of an engine issue that has affected the service’s RQ-7B Shadow 200, resulting in several platforms failing during operations over Afghanistan. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Gets $91M Contract for Hunter Tactical Common Data Link
The US Army’s MQ-5B Hunter unmanned ISR aircraft will be reset by Northrop Grumman from C-Band communications to a tactical common data link. Continue reading
Green Falcon Solar/Wind Powered UAS Picks Up Genius Award at German Fair
Queensland University of Technology Ph.D. student Wesam Al Sabban has designed an unmanned aircraft that would be powered by the sun and wind. Continue reading