The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, has announced that Aéroport d’Alma has been granted financial assistance to build the infrastructure needed to group all of the activities of the Unmanned Aerial System Center of Excellence under one roof. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
SAAB Skeldar V-200 Completes Customer Flight Demonstrations
Saab has verified a number of key capabilities of its Skeldar V-200 vertical lift UAS through flight campaigns at different sites in the US and Sweden demonstrating the system’s performance for both land and sea based operations. Continue reading
First Test Flight of Domestic Algerian UAS Scheduled for July
Mustapha Yahi,the Director of the national Centre of research in welding and control (CSC), announced last Thursday in Algiers that the first trial of a prototype Algerian UAS will take place on July 5 at Sidi Bel Abbes. Continue reading
German National Railways to Test Anti-Graffiti UAS
Germany’s national railway company, Deutsche Bahn, plans to test small UAS to try to reduce the amount of graffiti being sprayed on its property. Continue reading
Rolls-Royce Turbofan Powers Triton Flight
A single Rolls-Royce AE 3007 engine powers the MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, unmanned aircraft built by a Northrop Grumman-lead team. Continue reading
UAS Swarm Could Give Early Warning of Flash Floods
Christian Claudel at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology outside Jeddah is working on a UAS system that could give cities between 30 minutes and 2 hours of warning, as well as predicting the flood’s path. Continue reading
US NAVAIR Develops Airspace Integration Simulation Programme
Marines from Cherry Point, N.C., visit NAS Patuxent River, Md., to train with the Ground Based Sense and Avoid System, a new computer system designed to safely integrate unmanned aircraft in civilian airspace. Continue reading
MQ-8C Fire Scout Model on Display at Northrop
San Diego, California News Station – KFMB Channel 8 – cbs8.com
San Diego news channel reported on the developments of the locally-built MQ-8C Fire Scout. Continue reading