Not much ever makes it into the general media about Unmanned Aerial Systems like the Lockheed Martin Stalker XE, but two of them were destroyed in accidents in Victoria last week that are now being investigated by the ATSB.
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Why Nasa is Testing Swedish Mini-Drones
A Swedish company’s miniature drones have caught the attention of US space agency Nasa thanks to their groundbreaking autonomous positioning technology.
AAI Gets $205M Shadow Contract for Australia
AAI Corporation was awarded a $206,561,704 cost-plus-fixed-fee foreign military sales (Australia) contract for contractor logistics sustainment services for Shadow RQ-7B unmanned aerial systems.
ScanEagle Lands in Smithsonian Museum

ScanEagle, the gorge-made robotic aircraft that has logged almost one million hours of flight, has landed in the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum collection. Continue reading
Mono-Propeller Drone
A drone designed to fly with one propeller has been developed at the Institute for Dynamics Systems and Control at ETH Zurich. Continue reading
Low-Cost UAS Early Detection System
Strathclyde University has won Europe’s biggest space technology innovation competition for its work on a low-cost early detection system for UAVs. The winning project is a so-called ‘silent lookout’ system that uses low-cost sensors and satellite navigation technology for the early detection of UAVs.
“Future Of Drones: Clearing The Flight Path To A Connected World” – Opening Day Keynote
Next month’s Drone World Expo will offer two phenomenal keynote panel discussions with leading industry experts providing the most current and forward-thinking information on this fast-paced, quickly changing and exciting industry. Continue reading
Iran’s Water-Skimming Suicide Drone
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard has claimed to have developed a ‘suicide drone’ capable of delivering explosives to blow up targets both at sea and on land.