Listen to the awesome whistling sound of the Royce Merlin engine as this veteran fighter aircraft (‘Marinell’ of the Hardwick Warbirds collection) swoops by at the 2014 Little Gransden Air and Car Show, held at Little Gransden, England. Continue reading
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Indian Army Cancels Nishant UAV Programme
A two-decade-old Rs 90 crore Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) programme has proved a dud, with the Indian Army shelving the system and cancelling any further orders after three of the four systems supplied by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) ended up in crashes.
Thales Spy’Ranger – a Latest-Generation mini-UAS
Thales’ Spy’Ranger is a latest-generation mini-UAS with the only EO/IR imaging system in the world capable of transmitting high-definition electro-optical and infrared imagery in real time. Continue reading
DreamHammer DroneOS for Enterprise Drones
At Drone World Expo, DreamHammer announced the release of a drone operating system, DroneOS, to include industrial-grade avionics and operator ground control system. DroneOS is now available in beta release to a limited number of key customers with a full release planned for 2016 to DreamHammer’s enterprise-customer pipeline. Continue reading
FAA will Test Drones’ Ability to Fly BLOS
Precision Hawk is helping the FAA work out how unmanned aircraft could safely fly beyond the line of sight of their pilots. A series of flight tests scheduled to start Monday in Butner, North Carolina, will help determine whether and how the Federal Aviation Administration will let that dream come true in U.S. airspace.
SkySentry Tests Aerostat Expansive Mobile Network
SkySentry, a developer of lighter-than-air unmanned systems, has announced that it has completed successful baseline performance testing of a self-contained ad hoc aerostat network covering a 300 square mile area, providing cell phone, text, geo location and video surveillance capability for disaster and emergency management applications. Continue reading
‘Invisible’ Water Leaks Detected by Drone Technology
Cameras flown on drones could be used to detect leaking underground water pipes over hundreds of miles of desert, according to new research by Nottingham Trent University. Continue reading
First Jet-Powered 3D Printed UAV Unveiled in Dubai
Stratasys Ltd, a provider of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions, and Aurora Flight Sciences, an aeronautics research company, have announced that the two firms have created what they claim is the largest, fastest, and most complex 3D printed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ever produced. Unveiled for the first time at the Dubai Airshow, the high-speed aircraft is built using lightweight Stratasys materials to achieve speeds in excess of 150mph. Continue reading