AZAD System Co., which was opened last week by the President of Azerbaijan, in association with the Ministry of Defence’s Industrial division, has created a new industry in the country – production of unmanned aircraft.
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University of Colorado Aerospace Engineering Design Symposium April 15
The Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA is organising its second annual Industry Symposium to present its aerospace engineering design projects. The Aerospace Engineering Design Symposium will be held on Friday, April 15, 2011 in the Discovery Learning Center at the University.
Selex High Resolution SAR on Insitu’s Integrator in Oz
Insitu Pacific and SELEX Galileo have announced that they are collaborating on rapidly integrating SELEX Galileo’s high-resolution synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) PicoSAR into the Integrator UAS.
Last Predator for US Air Force
P-268, the Last USAF MQ-1 Predator, at General Atomics' Gray Butte Flight Operation Facility in Palmdale, California
The U.S. Air Force accepted MQ-1 Predator tail number 268, the last manufactured for the service, in a ceremony March 3 at General Atomics’ Gray Butte Aeronautical Systems’ Flight Ops Facility. Col. James Beissner, Air Combat Command’s Chief Irregular Warfare Division, accepted the aircraft on behalf of the Air Force in front of a crowd of more than 800.
US Army Recruits UAS Pilots via YouTube
Part of a series demonstrating what skills can be acquired during an Army career, the first episode compares the skills of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Operator and those of a civilian Skycam Operator during an NCAA football game. This clip was posted on YouTube and the full series can be seen here.
World’s Smallest Transponder on Kansas State UAS
Sagetech Transponder
Kansas State University at Salina’s unmanned aircraft programme is the first to use the XPS-TR transponder developed by Sagetech Corporation, which has shattered size records with a footprint smaller than that of a standard business card.
Homeland Security UAS Markets to Reach $2.3 Bn Worldwide by 2017
WinterGreen Research announces that it has a new study on homeland security unmanned aircraft systems . Markets valued at $84 million in 2010 are forecast to reach $2.3 billion dollars, worldwide by 2017. The 2011 study has 672 pages and 216 tables and figures. Homeland_UAS_Abstract.pdf
US Army Awards $335M Contract to General Atomics
The US Army has awarded General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., a $335,504,000 fixed-price-incentive-fee contract on February 28th. The award provides for the purchase of system hardware applicable to the Extended Range Multi-Purpose Unmanned Aircraft System.