The 2014 UAE Innovation Challenge, organized by Northrop Grumman Corporation, promises to provide plenty of thrills and spills as 14 student teams from the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) put their engineering and design skills to the test.
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SkyBarge Wins Regional American Society of Mechanical Engineers Competition.
SkyBarge, created by a group of nine engineering majors at Cal Poly, won a regional American Society of Mechanical Engineers competition. held on April 5th. Cal Poly hosted the contest, which is held annually at various campuses. Continue reading
South African CAA Approval Not Necessary for UAS at Africa Aerospace and Defence Exhibition
South African defence industry companies such as Denel and Paramount Group along with foreign manufacturers of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as unmanned aerial systems (UAS), wanting to fly them at Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) later this year will only have to obtain military permission. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Sponsors 2014 Outback Challenge UAV Competition in Australia
As part of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s effort to increase innovative thinking in engineering and technology among today’s youth, the company is sponsoring the 2014 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Outback Challenge competition in Australia. Continue reading
Thunderbirds Are Go !
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds have finalized their 2014 show schedule. In its 61st season, the team is slated to perform 66 demonstrations at 34 locations. Continue reading
X-47B Programme Wins Aviation Week Laureate Award
The U.S. Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS), built by Northrop Grumman Corporation, has won an Aviation Week Laureate Award for “extraordinary achievements” in Aeronautics and Propulsion. Continue reading
Hovercam Pioneers Honoured at the Oscars
Michael Bailey of UAV Vision Australia, went to the Oscars with Hovercam’s Philip George and Gifford Hooper who have been awarded the scientific and technical achievement award for their Helicam, a remotely operated Helicopter equipped with 35mm film cameras or even the Red Epic. Continue reading
Israel Overtakes American UAS Exports
U.S. manufacturers including General Atomics, which makes the Predator, can only sell to a few countries because of tight export restrictions. The controls give rival UAS makers from countries such as Israel and China a chance to win more business in the growing global market for unmanned aircraft systems, which one group forecasts to more than double in the next decade. Continue reading