Boeing is getting “very close to having what we’d say is a very capable design” to pitch for the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier-launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) programme, according to Chris Chadwick, President of the company’s military aircraft division. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
SAAB Skeldar Demonstrates Real-Time Sensor-to-Shooter Loop
Saab recently performed a unique live demonstration of how the Skeldar system operates together with other tactical systems – adding a link in the sensor-to-shooter loop. Continue reading
University of Nevada, Reno Scientists Design Low-Cost Indoor Navigation System for Blind
University of Nevada, Reno computer science engineering team Kostas Bekris and Eelke Folmer presented their indoor navigation system for people with visual impairments at two national conferences in the past two weeks. Continue reading
Joggobot – A Friendly UAS Running Companion
The Joggobot has the potential to change much about the way we exercise. At the moment, it’s a relatively simple device — just a quadrotor UAS that keeps up with you on your runs. Continue reading
Aeronautics Tests Ship-Launched Orbiter
Aeronautics has successfully tested the operation of its Orbiter aircraft from different types of navy patrol boats. Continue reading
K-Max Performs Hot Hookups in Afghanistan
Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 performing the first ever mid flight, unmanned helicopter external cargo hook ups, or “hot Hook Ups”, with landing support team Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 5. Continue reading
Boeing Phantom Eye Completes First Autonomous Flight
Boeing’s Phantom Eye UAS completed its first autonomous flight June 1 at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Continue reading
Swiss Ecologists Monitor Illegal Logging in Indonesia
Lian Pin Koh, an ecologist at the ETH Zürich, and Serge Wich, a biologist at the University of Zürich and PanEco, have built their own unmanned aircraft equipped with cameras, sensors and GPS for $2,000. Continue reading