Officials with the 49th Wing announced a remotely piloted MQ-9 Reaper performed an emergency landing on January 23rd. at approximately 9:45 p.m. just south of the base near Alamogordo. Continue reading
Category Archives: Accident Reporting
Experts Rubbish Iran’s RQ-170 GPS Hi-jacking Claim
Doubts that Iran managed to bring down an advanced American UAS last month using an advanced GPS spoofing attack have been raised by experts, who say that attacks of this type would be extremely tough to pull off. 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 Says Downed RQ-170 Data Heavily Encrypted
A US official says Iran will find it hard to exploit any data and technology aboard the captured CIA stealth drone because of measures taken to limit the intelligence value of drones operating over hostile territory. Continue reading
Experts Sceptical About Iran’s GPS Hack Claim on RQ-170
Take everything that Iran says about its captured US drone with a grain of salt. But its new claim that it spoofed the drone’s navigational controls isn’t implausible. Continue reading
Iran Plans To Put 3 US and 4 Israeli Downed UAS On Display
Iran plans to put foreign UAS it has in its possession on display in the near future, according to an informed source close to the Tehran Times. Continue reading
Model Airplane Hits Federal Building in Massachusetts
Last week a three-foot model airplane crashed into a federal building in Waltham, Massachusetts. Federal investigators from DHS and the FBI promptly began investigating the incident, but so far no evidence exists to suggest any foul play. Continue reading
US Air Force Report Highlights UAS Vulnerability to Cyber Attacks on GPS
A day after the announcement of the downing of a RQ-170 in Iran, the Public Intelligence website received an FOUO report entitled “Operating Next-Generation Remotely Piloted Aircraft for Irregular Warfare” published in April 2011 by the US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. Continue reading