The Civil Aviation Safety Authority is warning anyone caught flying unapproved UAS over fire affected areas in New South Wales could be fined. It says that there have been two incidents in the past week of people operating UAS over fires in Lithgow and the Blue Mountains. CASA says the UAS flights are putting firefighting responses at risk. Continue reading
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Iran Presents ScanEagle Clone to Russian Military
In an attempt to prove its ability to reverse-engineer captured American UAS, Iran has presented a functional copycat model of the US ScanEagle to a Russian military delegation visiting Tehran. Continue reading
Aerial Anarchist Appeals $10K FAA Fine for Reckless Commercial UAS Flight
Raphael Pirker’s model-airplane-sized UAS darted around buildings, zoomed over a hospital heliport and buzzed passersby to shoot a promotional video. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Links Ground Sensors to Unmanned Aircraft Systems
A covert, perpetually self-powered wireless sensor network developed by Lockheed Martin could revolutionise how to discreetly monitor one’s surroundings. Lockheed Martin’s Self-Powered Ad-hoc Network (SPAN) system is a network of “Field-and Forget” ground sensors that provides unobtrusive, continuous surveillance which can support a variety of missions and applications, such as border protection, area surveillance and even bridge, pipeline, aircraft and other structural monitoring requirements.
Austria Buys 6 Cassidian Tracker Systems
The Cassidian Tracker mini unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has won the Austrian Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) UAS competition. The system will be the Austrian military’s first UAS.
Japan Government OK to Shoot Down Intruding UAS
Japan plans to shoot down foreign UAS that intrude into Japanese airspace if warnings for them to leave are ignored, a source close to the government said. Continue reading
Art Show Using Footage from UAS Opens in Hong Kong
A trio of miniature UAS have been deployed to monitor thousands of Hongkongers as they walk through the Tsim Sha Tsui subway this month – all in the name of art.
US Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System Programme Gets New Leader
The Department of the Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System Program Office welcomed a new leader during a change of command ceremony at Patuxent River on Oct. 17 where Navy Capt. Beau Duarte replaced Capt. Jaime Engdahl as PMA-268’s programme manager.More than 300 guests attended the ceremony at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 hangar. Continue reading