A commercial satellite has spotted a mysterious unmanned aircraft parked at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.
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UK and France to Sign Joint UAS Contracts in July ?
Photo: Dassault Neuron
Dassault Aviation and BAE Systems are waiting for the British and French governments to decide whether to sign a 40 million euro technology development contract for their long-awaited Medium-Altitude, Long Endurance (MALE) UAS, according to Eric Trappier, Dassault’s Head of International Affairs.
Iranian Missile Engineer Oversees Venezuelan UAS Programme
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The manager of Venezuela’s UAS programme is an engineer who helped build ballistic missiles for Iran. Continue reading
Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Completes 469 Day Space Mission
Boeing has announced the successful de-orbit and landing of the second X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) for the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office. Continue reading
Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency to Develop UAS to Measure Radioactivity
Japan’s atomic energy authority and the country’s space agency has announced a joint project to develop an unmanned aircraft to measure radioactivity in the environment after last year’s nuclear disaster. Continue reading
Putin Serious About Expanding UAS Fleet
During a defence budget meeting last Thursday after visiting a base in southern Russia, newly-re-elected President Vladimir Putin said “We need a programme for unmanned aircraft.”
Turkish Aerospace Industries to Showcase Anka Flight at Anniversary Ceremony
The Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is preparing to showcase its Anka and T-129, the national attack helicopter developed in cooperation with Italians, at a ceremony on June 28.
Exhaust-Heat Thermoelectric Generator Converts Waste Energy into Electrical Power in Flight.
A team of engineers at Electronic Cooling Solutions worked with John Langley and engineers at Ambient Micro to build an exhaust-heat thermoelectric generator (EHTEG) that can be incorporated into a UAS design to harvest and convert waste energy into electrical power in flight. Continue reading