The deadly Naxal attack on the Congress leaders in Jagdalpur could have been prevented had the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) not been lying idle in faraway Hyderabad. Continue reading
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US Forest Service Drops Plans to Use UAS in Montana and North Idaho
Last week, the US Forest Service officials said they’ve dropped plans to use unmanned aircraft systems to survey forest fires because of clashes with Federal Aviation Administration rules. While some national forest firefighters in Alaska touted the remote-control planes’ ability to map forest fires in thick smoke, their legality proved a limitation. Continue reading
Triton Completes First Flight
The Navy’s newest unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft platform, the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), completed its first flight from Palmdale, California on May 22, marking the start of tests which will validate the Northrop Grumman-built system for future fleet operations. Continue reading
Triton Prepares for Flight Trials
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
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