The BaToLUS project, Battle Damage Tolerance for Lightweight Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Structures, brought about a successful development of new rapid prototype modelling capabilities. Continue reading
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Increasing Number of Anti UAV Defence Weapons
The number of anti-UAV weapons showing up indicates that the countries with larger defence budgets see a need for this sort of thing and are willing to pay for a solution. Continue reading
Russian UAV Films US UAV Over Syria
In the sky of Syria, the number of coalition UAVs has increased by 3 times. This unusual footage taken by a Russian UAV shows an American UAV in flight over Syria. Continue reading
Second Flight of Kratos Unmanned Tactical Aerial Platform
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it has successfully performed the second flight of its Unmanned Tactical Aerial Platform (UTAP-22) on November 23, 2015, on the Navy test range at China Lake, CA. This was the second flight in the currently planned three-flight series, and consisted of collaborative airborne operations with a manned fighter aircraft, an AV-8B Harrier; command and control through the tactical data link; execution of semi-autonomous tasks; execution of autonomous flight in formation with the AV-8B; transfer of UTAP-22 control between non-line-of-sight (over the horizon) operators in the tactical network; and transfer of control (handoff) from the tactical network to an independent dedicated control link. Continue reading
AirShip Technologies Ready for Flight
After a long career in information technology and communications systems, Ben Berry’s company that he founded in 2011, Lake Oswego-based AirShip Technologies Group, is set to begin production on a solar-powered, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) — a drone called the V2.
MQ-8C Fire Scout Concludes Operational Assessment
The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) completed a successful land-based operational assessment (OA) with the unmanned, autonomous helicopter MQ-8C Fire Scout, at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, Nov. 20. The OA demonstrated the endurance and sensor integration capabilities on the new MQ-8C airframe.
DJI Enters Agriculture Market with $15K Octocopter
China’s SZ DJI Technology Co. is setting its sights on the agriculture industry with the launch of a crop sprayer that will test whether farming is fertile ground for drone technology. Continue reading
US Air Force Hires Civilian Pilots for Combat Patrols
The US Air Force has hired civilian defence contractors to fly MQ-9 Reaper drones to help track suspected militants and other targets in global hot spots, a previously undisclosed expansion in the privatization of once-exclusively military functions. Continue reading