Boeing has been using Odense Airport in Denmark for test flights of small unmanned aircraft. The tests involved designing new technologies to make unmanned aircraft able to fly more predictably and efficiently. Continue reading
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Harris adds Digital Wireless Video Link to Situational Awareness Video Receiver
Harris Corporation is broadening the capabilities of its RF-7800T Situational Awareness Video Receiver (SAVR) to address growing requirements for secure wireless digital intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance video at the tactical edge. Continue reading
Elbit Systems of America Now Sole Owner UAS Dynamics
Elbit Systems of America, LLC, announced that it purchased from General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products its holdings in UAS Dynamics, LLC, a joint venture established by Elbit and General Dynamics to provide UAS to the U.S. market, thus making Elbit Systems of America the sole owner of UAS Dynamics. Continue reading
Raytheon Tests Air-Launched Guided Bomb from UAS
Raytheon Missile Systems says that it has completed initial flight testing of its smallest air-launched guided weapon aboard a small unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
BAE and AVX Aircraft Co. Team for Navy Unmanned Surveillance Helicopter Bid
AVX Aircraft Co., announced that it teamed with BAE Systems to submit a proposal for the planned Medium Range Maritime Unmanned Aerial System. Continue reading
Presagis and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Sign COTS Licensing and Services Agreement for Ground Control Stations and Training
Presagis, a provider of commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) modeling, simulation, and embedded graphics solutions, announced that it has signed a Corporate License Agreement with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. Continue reading
China Patrols Coast Near North Korea with UAS
Marine authorities in the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning near the North Korea-China border are using an unmanned aircraft to watch illegal activities in waters off North Korea. Continue reading
Imperfect Graphene Sensors Have Enhanced Sensitivity
Researchers at the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have discovered that although graphene makes very good chemical sensors, there was an unexpected “twist”— the sensors are better when the graphene is “worse”—more imperfections improved performance. Continue reading