In the last couple of years, the use of Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) has seen a huge increase among businesses and knowledge centres in Flanders. Continue reading
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Boeing Demos Unmanned Little Bird for Republic of Korea Army
Boeing has demonstrated affordable unmanned aircraft technology that could be integrated onto Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) MD 500 helicopters to expand the fleet’s mission capabilities. Continue reading
UK Parliament Inquiry into UAS Deployment
The UK Parliament’s Defence Select Committee will examine Britain’s increasing deployment of UAS after an investigation by the Military Aviation Authority found surging demand is ‘constraining the length of time available to train and qualify’ new operators. Continue reading
Iran Admits Exporting UAS Technology to Venezuela
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Iran’s Deputy Minister of Science, Research and Technology said that the Islamic Republic is exporting its domestically made UAS technologies to a number of countries including Syria and Venezuela. Continue reading
Stanford Engineers Invent All-Carbon Solar Cell
In a major first, researchers at Stanford University have built a prototype of an all-carbon solar cell, including carbon nanotubes. Continue reading
X-47B First Flight Deck Taxiing on USS Harry Truman
Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and personnel from the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System programme office (PMA-268) integrated test team made history Dec. 9 as they taxied an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft for the first time aboard a carrier. Continue reading
Autonomous Black Hawk Flight
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Recently over the skies east of San Jose, California a Black Hawk helicopter was flying low and slow – and while pilots were aboard the aircraft, all flight manoeuvres were conducted autonomously. Continue reading
FAA Grants COA to Georgia Center of Innovation for Aerospace
The Federal Aviation Administration has given the go-ahead for unmanned aircraft to begin more test flights over Central Georgia. Continue reading