For once a positive story coming out of Pakistan about UAS, or ‘killer drones’ as they are normally referred to in the local press…. The NUST Science Society at the School of Chemical and Materials Engineering in Islamabad recently organised a technical talk on ‘UAS — An Overview of Various Technological Systems’ which discussed not only the technical aspects of UAS, but also emphasised the positive non-military applications.
Category Archives: Events
Indra (Spain) at the Latin American Aerospace and Defence show in Brazil
Mantis by Indra
Indra of Spain will be showing the Mantis, the company’s UAS which is being used by Spanish forces in Afghanistan, next month at the Latin American Aerospace and Defence show in Brazil.
UVS International Partners Chinese Government on $380,000 Innovation Award
UVS International has been invited to be an overseas partner of the AVIC Cup – International UAV Innovation Grand Prix which is being organised by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) and the Chinese Society of Aeronautics & Astronautics (CSAA) at the China Aviation Museum in Beijing, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of China’s aviation industry, on Sept 23 – 25, 2011.
Arizona University Hosts Workshop on UAS & Security
The Aerospace & Defense Research Collaboratory will hold its first collaborative Aerospace and Defence workshop to focus on clusters of technologies related to UAS and security at the University of Arizona today, March 25.
University of Colorado Aerospace Engineering Design Symposium April 15
The Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA is organising its second annual Industry Symposium to present its aerospace engineering design projects. The Aerospace Engineering Design Symposium will be held on Friday, April 15, 2011 in the Discovery Learning Center at the University.
Global Hawk On Display in Australia
Ten years after Global Hawk’s first non-stop international flight from Edwards Air Force Base in California to RAAF Edinburgh near Adelaide, Northrop Grumman will feature a full-scale, reconfigurable Global Hawk in the outside display area at the Australian International Air Show which opens today at Avalon near Geelong, Victoria.
UVS TECH Conference & Exhibition, Moscow
The Fifth International Forum and Exhibition “Unmanned Multipurpose Vehicle Systems”-“UVS-TECH 2011” held at the Expocentre Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia starts next Tuesday, March 1st. The detailed programme is now available: UVS-TECH-2011_Conference-Programme .
Record Attendance at 10th IDEX
IDEX closed yesterday, with the organisers publishing final figures showing a record attendance with more than 60,000 visitors, 1,060 exhibiting companies from 53 countries and 150 official delegations participating in a total event space of 124,000 m².