Kiln, the international specialist insurance and reinsurance underwriting group which is part of Tokio Marine, has partnered with aviation training specialist Resource UAS to help mitigate the risks associated with using commercially flown Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) through training and insurance. Continue reading
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US Air Force Issues RFI for Common UAS Sense-and-Avoid System
US Air Force unmanned aircraft system (UAS) experts are looking for defence contractors able to design an airborne sense-and-avoid system that could be installed on a wide variety of UAS to enable unmanned aircraft to operate safely alongside commercial aircraft in civil airspace. Continue reading
RTI Expands UCS Application Marketplace with Key DDS Product Line
Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the real-time distributed infrastructure software company, has released extensive support for the Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) Control Segment (UCS) vision. Continue reading
BlueBird Gets SpyLite UAS Latin American Order
BlueBird has won a contract to supply its SpyLite mini unmanned aircraft system to a Latin American country, where the equipment will be used mainly for “civil surveillance” tasks. Continue reading
Aurora Flight Sciences Joins DARPA TERN Programme
A US military research programme that seeks to develop a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system that can launch and recover from relatively small ships for long-term maritime surveillance has grown to five separate contractors. Continue reading
Chile Navy Evaluates Hermes 900
The Chilean Navy is evaluating a possible procurement of Elbit Systems’ Hermes 900 tactical unmanned aircraft system for maritime patrol tasks. Continue reading
New UAS Tech Centre to be Built Near Barcelona
CATUAV has started this week the construction of a tech centre for UAS, robotics and remote sensing civil projects. The CATUAV Tech Center (CTC) will be open to any company, research center, university or individual interested on using its UAS airfield and facilities in order to develop, test and/or certify UAS technology. Continue reading
Rolls-Royce to Develop New Services Facility for Global Hawk Engines
Rolls-Royce will open a new engine depot services facility at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma to support the US Air Force Global Hawk fleet. The company has been awarded a $49 million contract to establish the new facility, which is expected to begin operations in 2015. Continue reading