Chinese designed and built UAS will descend on the US capital…… not under their own power, but by a US transport cargo jet. These Chinese unmanned surveillance aircraft will be on display at this year’s AUVSI show in Washington D.C. Continue reading
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UAS Variable-Pitch Propeller Ready for Flight Testing
After years of research, Thunder Bay’s Aerovate Inc. will flight-test its variable-pitch UAS propeller system this summer, with the goal of bringing the technology to market this fall. Continue reading
Composite Engineering Gets $1.9M Target Support Contract
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that its Composite Engineering, Inc. (CEI) subsidiary has received a $1.9 million single award contract from S&K Aerospace, LLC to provide unmanned aerial target systems in support of the PROS IV (Parts and Repair Ordering System) Programme. Continue reading
Vietnam Evaluates Heron UAS for Maritime Surveillance
Vietnam is evaluating the purchase of Israeli-developed equipment, including advanced unmanned aircraft systems, with the maritime surveillance version of Israel Aerospace Industries’ Heron 1 being one candidate. Continue reading
Scion Gets FAA R&D Certification for SA-400 Jackal OPV
Scion UAS, developers of VTOL unmanned and optionally piloted aircraft systems, has received FAA certification for the SA-400 Jackal optionally piloted vehicle. The vehicle, which can carry a 100 lb payload for more than 5 hours, received an FAA Special Airworthiness Certificate for Experimental Research and Development. Continue reading
Polish Deputy Defence Minister Accused of Favouring Israeli UAS
Poland’s Deputy Defence Minister General Waldemar Skrzypczak has been stripped of his security clearance over suspicions that he gave preferential treatment for acquiring Israeli military equipment and over his close personal ties with Yedidia Yaari, the head of Israeli armaments maker Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. Continue reading
3D Robotics Unveils $700 Semi-Pro Quadcopter
3D Robotics gave a sneak preview of a semi-pro UAS at an unmanned aircraft convention in San Francisco last week. The company’s new quadcopter, or four-rotor helicopter, can be controlled from a tablet running an Android flight system or other similar app. Continue reading
Improved Gray Eagle Completes Initial Flight Test
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced the successful first flight of the U.S. Army’s Improved Gray Eagle (IGE), a next-generation derivative of the combat-proven Block 1 Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) that has accumulated over 70,000 flight hours since 2008. The flight occurred today at the company’s El Mirage Flight Operations Facility in Palmdale, California.