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Boeing and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Directed Energy Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., successfully tested the Counter-electronics High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP) during a flight over the Utah Test and Training Range that was monitored from Hill Air Force Base. Continue reading
First test flights are imminent for a European effort to develop an automated sense-and-avoid mid-air collision avoidance system that would help overcome safety concerns preventing use of unmanned aircraft in civilian airspace. Continue reading
R³ Engineering LLC (R³E) is claiming the first ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast) based, fully autonomous collision avoidance sequence, executed by a sense and avoid system installed on an unmanned aircraft system. Continue reading
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems has announced today that its Aerosonde Small Unmanned Aircraft System logged 168 flight hours in the frigid, harsh climate of Antarctica, supporting meteorological research by the University of Colorado’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. Continue reading
High-performance motion control systems are the workhorses that enable payloads to dependably execute their missions with pinpoint accuracy. Continue reading
In one of its latest research projects, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory is investigating thermoelectric properties of materials on the Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System, and techniques that could convert heat into energy. Continue reading
Sagetech Corporation and Arcturus UAV will demonstrate the use of the “NextGen” Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system to facilitate joint operations between unmanned and manned aircraft, by providing operators and pilots in-flight tracking of all participating aircraft. The event will be staged from McMillan Airfield in Camp Roberts, California, on October 24, 2012. Continue reading
This video shows three quadrocopters cooperatively tossing and catching a ball with the aid of an elastic net. Continue reading