After a consultation to respond to an operational emergency, a tender has been won by INFOTRON and TOSA, and several systems have been ordered by the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) for the French Army. Continue reading
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BCB/AAI SQ-4 RECON Nano UAS
BCB/AAI SQ-4 RECON Nano UAS Unmanned Aircraft for “Over the Hill” Observation and Reconnaissance was on display at the Textron/AAI stand at NDIA Special Operations Forces Industry Conference 2012 at Tampa Florida recently. Continue reading
RPAS 2012 – The Schiebel Camcopter S-VTOL UAS
Since leaving the Royal Navy in 2006 after a 23-year career, Neil Hunter worked with Thales Aerospace in the UK, responsible for leading on all worldwide future UAS opportunities for nearly 2 years before joining Schiebel in Austria in September 2008. Continue reading
RPAS 2012 – Non-Military RPAS: The Privacy Issues
Peter La Franchi is an internationally respected unmanned systems sector analyst and former unmanned aviation editor of Flight International magazine. Continue reading
RPAS 2012 – United States UAS Executive Committee: Progress Report
Jeffery E. Bauer is NASA’s liaison for Unmanned Aircraft System airspace integration activities. He serves on the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Executive Committee Senior Steering Group. Continue reading
RPAS 2012 – Operational Experience in Afghanistan – British Army
Lieutenant-Colonel Craig Palmer has been Commanding Officer of the 32nd Regiment Royal Artillery since May 2011 – the unit that operates a variety of UAS in support of UK ground forces in Afghanistan. Continue reading
RPAS 2012 – Operational Experience in Afghanistan – French Army
Colonel Gilles Randreau was the officer in charge of UAS programmes in the Army staff, from 2008 to 2011. In 2011, he became the commanding officer of the 61st Artillery Regiment. Continue reading
RPAS 2012 – Operational Experience in Afghanistan – German Army
Bjoern Symank is a former German Army Aviation Captain who entered service in 1997 and went through several operational deployments as a transport helicopter pilot. Continue reading