NASA says it has awarded the largest prize in aviation history, $1.35 million, to Team Pipistrel-USA.com for pushing the envelope on electric-powered flying. Continue reading
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AME Fury 1500 Performs 14-Hour Flight
AME Unmanned Air Systems announced that its Fury 1500 Special Mission UAS has completed a 14-hour flight.
ScanEagle Streams Live, Stable Video to Troops in Arctic Exercise
Photo: Insitu
Insitu Inc. announced that its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) delivered real-time video to Canadian Forces during the largest military exercise to date in the Far North.
MQ-9 Reapers to Start Training Flights from Fort Drum
The 174th Fighter Wing, which has been operating unmanned aircraft over Afghanistan for nearly two years is about to start flying them out of Fort Drum and over Northern New York. Continue reading
Sinclair Community College Request FAA Approval for Training Flights
Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, has requested federal approval of a site at Springfield Air National Guard Base to do training flights of unmanned aircraft, in the latest effort by the region to develop itself as a center of education and expertise for UAS and the information-gathering sensor systems they carry. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Gets $85M Logistics Contract for Gray Eagle
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems was awarded an $84.8 million contract to provide logistics and hardware support for its MQ-1C Gray Eagle. Continue reading
IARPA Announces Phase 1 of Great Horned Owl Programme
Officials of the US Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) Smart Collection Office in Washington has issued a broad agency announcement for the initial phase of the Great Horned Owl (GHO) programme.
Skive Aviation Film of Flight Demonstrations at UAV-g 2011 Conference
SKIVE Aviation was on hand to film the flight demonstrations at the recent international UAV-g 2011 Conference organised by ETH Zurich at Birrfeld Airfield in Switzerland. Continue reading