A team from the University of Southampton has successfully launched an unmanned air vehicle produced via 3D-printing from the bow of a Royal Navy ship, demonstrating the potential of lightweight platforms to be utilised for short-range surveillance. Continue reading
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FAA Investigates Armed Drone Video
An 18-year-old from Connecticut has posted a video on YouTube showing a small drone hovering about ten of fifteen feet above ground in a wooded area while a gun strapped to it was firing shots. The FAA said it was investigating whether Austin Haughwout of Clinton violated the agency’s regulations, which ban the careless or reckless operation of a model aircraft. Continue reading
Largest Amphibious UAV Completes Maiden Flight
On the 15th of May, 2015 Singular Aircrafts’s Flyox I, currently the largest UAV in the aviation market, completed its test flight in Hofn, Iceland. Continue reading
Delair-Tech Connects UAS to Telefonica 3G Network
Delair-Tech, a French operator in the civil drone sector in BtoB, and Telefonica Business Solutions, a leading provider of a wide range of integrated communication solutions for the B2B market, have signed a unique partnership to connect DT18 and DT26X drones to a 3G network.
Iowa Air National Guard Gets Reaper Facility
The US Army issued a $7.9 million contract to build an MQ-9 Reaper mission control, intelligence, and targeting facility for the Iowa Air National Guard’s 132nd Wing in Des Moines, according to a July 9 Pentagon contract announcement.
The 33,000 square foot center will support the unit’s transition from F-16s to the RPA mission and will house 419 combined personnel, according to budget documents. “The installation is configured to support fighter aircraft and requires significant renovation work to convert the installation to the security and operational support needed for the new RPA and targeting missions,” states the ANG Fiscal 2015 budget estimate. Continue reading
Duncan Aviation Joins Robotic Skies Network
Business aircraft maintenance and completions firm Duncan Aviation announced that it has joined the Robotic Skies network of service centers that provide certification, maintenance and repair for the emerging commercial unmanned aircraft fleet. Duncan adds 17 new locations throughout North America to the Robotic Skies network, raising the global footprint to more than 80 such service centers around the world. Continue reading
New Zealand Drone Makers Target Hollywood
Deep in New Zealand’s dairying heartland, drone maker Aeronavics tests aircraft designed to corner the fast-growing emerging market for unmanned aerial vehicles in the film and television business. Continue reading
The USAF RPA Fix
Newly trained pilots just out of undergraduate flight training will be assigned to fly remotely piloted aircraft as a stopgap measure to relieve an RPA pilot shortage, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James announced. Continue reading