Ahead of its first flight, the U.S. Navy’s Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton has performed high-speed taxi tests at Northrop’s Palmdale, California, facility after the resolution of issues that delayed flight testing and pushed back the start of production by a year. Continue reading
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Dancing with Drones
For the past several years, researchers at MIT and the modern dance company Pilobulus have teamed up to explore the interactions between humans and robots as the line between man and machine continues to blur. Continue reading
EADS Sees Future for Euro Hawk After German cancellation
European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. said that equipment developed for five Euro Hawks can find other uses after the German government said it would abort the 508 million-euro ($661 million) project. Continue reading
Oregon National Guard Syarts Training Flights with RQ-7 Shadow
Oregon National Guard soldiers are scheduled to start the first unmanned training flights for a National Guard unit in U.S. airspace.
Pilotless Flight Trials in UK Shared Airspace
A Jetstream aircraft became the first to fly “unmanned” across UK shared airspace last month. Continue reading
NASA’s $500K Aircraft Operations Challenge
NASA has selected a Dayton non-profit organization to manage the only unmanned aircraft systems contest in the nation to help make UAS safe to fly in civilian airspace, the space agency announced last week. Continue reading
Iran Ramps Up UAS Development Programme
Last week Iran unveiled its latest UAS dubbed “Hamaseh”. This unmanned aircraft follows a classic twin-boom tail design, pioneered by IAI’s Scout and Tadiran Mastiff in the 1980s. Continue reading
WineHawk Labs Rebrands as Precision Hawk to Focus on Precision Agriculture Market
Unmanned aircraft systems and remote sensing company Winehawk Labs announced today they will release a new model of their successful UAS platform in May of 2013 to coincide with company re-branding. The change in company name, from WineHawk Labs to Precision Hawk, reflects a change in focus from specifically viticulture to broader agriculture where there is a great need for precise data collection and cost-effective platforms for farmers and surveyors. Continue reading