Local TV Station, KASA Fox, broadcast this report of the live flying demonstrations at the annual national UAV convention organized by the Technical Analysis and Applications Center (TAAC) from New Mexico State University. Continue reading
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Gets $9M Ground Control Station Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Poway, California, is being awarded a $9,381,403 firm-fixed-price contract for the delivery order for seven Fixed Ground Control Stations. Continue reading
NASA Advisory Council Aeronautics Committee Unmanned Aircraft Systems Subcommittee Meeting
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the UAS Subcommittee of the Aeronautics Committee of the NASA Advisory Council. Continue reading
Iran Shows Off Downed RQ-170 on State TV
Iran has released video of the unmanned Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel that apparently crash-landed inside Iran. Continue reading
US Weighed 3 Options for Destroying Downed RQ-170
US officials considered a covert raid to either destroy or recover the wreckage of a stealth RQ-170 unmanned aircraft that crashed in the rugged terrain of Eastern Iran last week, but decided that a military operation of that nature might spark a declaration of war from that country’s leadership. Continue reading
NASA Prepares Airborne Study of Earth’s Radiation Balance
NASA's Global Hawk over Edwards Air Force Base - Photo: NASA / Carla Thomas
NASA scientists have successfully completed flight tests in preparation for deployment of a multi-year airborne science campaign to study the humidity and chemical composition of air entering the tropical tropopause layer of the atmosphere. Continue reading
Franco-British UAS Project Not Affected by Defence Cuts
Britain and France plan to work together on developing unmanned military aircraft, the British Minister of Defence said on Wednesday. Continue reading
SELEX Galileo Gets €23M Support Contracts
SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, has won contracts in excess of €23 million to provide logistics support for a range of systems. Continue reading