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Four years ago, iRobot co-founder Helen Greiner stepped down from the company she helped turn into an all-important supplier of the military’s growing arsenal of ground robots. Continue reading
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First Customer for Northrop Grumman UAS Training System
Northrop Grumman announced that it has signed up the first customer for its Sandstorm/Longshot training system for unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
Williams Aerospace Builds Civil UAS in Hawaii
The military is a major user of unmanned aircraft, but Jeff Williams says it’s the civilian market that will “explode” with new products and applications in the next few years when federal regulations are rewritten.
Pakistan’s Domestic UAS
Raja Sabri Khan, a Pakistani aerospace design engineer, who has built UAS for two decades, says that his country’s government doesn’t have the money to make unmanned combat aircraft yet.
Textron Systems and Bell Helicopter Launch Huntsville-Based Integration and Collaboration Laboratories
Textron Systems and Bell Helicopter, Textron Inc. companies, announced the opening of the Textron Systems Integration and Collaboration Lab and Bell Helicopter/AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems Manned/Unmanned Operations (MUMO) Capability Development Lab. Continue reading
AeroVironment Invests $3M in CybAero
AeroVironment, Inc. announced it has entered into a strategic relationship with Sweden-based CybAero AB to develop and distribute a Tier II vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system in response to unmet requirements from multiple customers. Continue reading
NASA / GA-ASI Agreement Expands Unmanned Aircraft Capabilities
NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), have partnered in a collaborative agreement to allow for the development and flight testing of new command and control satellite link capabilities on a Predator B unmanned aircraft system. Continue reading
Microdrones Gets Czech Flight Approval
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Czech Republic approved the Microdrones aerial platforms on 29th of November 2012. Continue reading