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.”
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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
Northrop Grumman Unveils Triton – US Navy’s First MQ-4C BAMS
Northrop Grumman Corporation unveiled the first U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) in a ceremony on Friday at Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, California, manufacturing facility.
UFO Spotted on Flatbed Truck in Washington
A saucer-shaped aircraft on a wide flatbed truck driving around the Capitol Beltway had some people wondering if the government was moving an alien UFO in or near Washington, D.C., last Wednesday night. Continue reading
Venezuela Starts UAS Production
President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday that Venezuela has begun to assemble Kalashnikov assault rifles with assistance from Russia and started producing unmanned surveillance aircraft. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman to Unveil Advanced BAMS with AESA and ‘Due Regard’ Radar
Northrop Grumman Corp. plans to unveil on Thursday an advanced version of the BAMS, with a considerably reinforced airframe and new sensors and software. Continue reading
Most American Air Force UAS Not Coming Home from Afghanistan
Contrary to some assumptions, the US Air Force remotely piloted aircraft won’t all end up back in the United States as US troops leave Afghanistan, General Norton Schwartz said on June 11 at an Air Force Association breakfast in Arlington, Va. Continue reading