Textron Defense Systems announced that its BattleHawk Squad-Level Loitering Munition completed a successful demonstration for the U.S. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force at the Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center in Socorro, N.M. Continue reading
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EUROCAE WG 93 on Light RPAS – Kick-Off Meeting
On 23 & 24 May 2012, the kick-off meeting of the new EUROCAE Working Group 93 on Light RPAS took place at EUROCONTROL headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. The meeting was attended by 56 regulatory and industry representatives, as well as representative from the European Commission Directorate General Enterprise & Industry. Continue reading
Heron TP Still Grounded as Israel Investigates Crash
A disagreement between Israel Aerospace Industries and the Israeli Air Force over the cause of a Heron TP (“Eitan”) unmanned aircraft crash on 29 January has resulted in the type remaining grounded.
AeroVironment to Demonstrate Post Disaster Communications via UAS for FCC
AeroVironment is to employ its small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to demonstrate aerial communications capabilities for the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Continue reading
ScanEagle Exceeds 600,000 Combat Flight Hours
Insitu announced that its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system has exceeded 600,000 combat flight hours, maintaining a 99 percent mission-readiness rate. Continue reading
AeroVironment Gets $5M US Army Order for Switchblade Systems and Services
AeroVironment, Inc. announced that it has received a contract modification effective March 20, 2012 from the U.S. Army Close Combat Weapons Systems (CCWS), Program Executive Office Missiles and Space (PEO MS).
NATO Lacks Clear Rules on Use of UAS
Last weekend, when NATO leaders met in Chicago, they unveiled a series of new projects, among them, apparently, a programme to develop and expand the use of unmanned aircraft to confront the security threats of the future and make better use of tighter budgets. Continue reading
No Progress on Sale of American UAS to Turkey
Talks between Turkish President Abdullah Gul and his US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Chicago failed to make any progress on the sale of armed UAS to Turkey. Continue reading