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The association’s General Assembly for 2013 took place at the Royal Military Academy, in Brussels, Belgium on 11 December 2013 and consensually elected UVS International’s Board of Directors (BoD) for 2014. The BoD is now structured as follows: Continue reading
The Hungarian government is hoping to harness EU funds to operate a fleet of unmanned aircraft systems capable of policing the country’s skies. Continue reading
From our dungeon to your doorstep, Groupon promises to deliver great deals, great service and medieval catapults. Continue reading
Bloomberg’s Carol Massar recaps her interview with UPS CEO Scott Davis. She speaks with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television’s “Taking Stock.” Continue reading
After China’s first stealth combat UAS, the Lijian, completed its first test flight on November 21, the Moscow-based Military Parade stated that the aircraft — designed jointly by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and Hongdu Aviation Industry Group — is in fact a copy of a Russian design. Continue reading
Australia has agreed to extend the deployment of two Heron unmanned surveillance aircraft to assist with security for Afghanistan’s national elections in April next year. Defence Minister David Johnston said the 40-member Heron team, based at Kandahar airport, would now stay until next July. Continue reading
Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hossein Salami announced that the Iranian version of the RQ-170 which has been manufactured through the reverse engineering of the American UAS which was tracked and hunted down in Iran late in 2011, will be unveiled to the public soon. “The construction will finish soon and most of the job has been done now,” General Salami told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Tehran on Tuesday. Continue reading
SF Express, a Shanghai-based logistics company, announced that it has recently commenced trial operations. SF Express said that UAS delivery can save labour costs and improve delivery efficiency, as reported by the Beijing News. Continue reading