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India Deploys UAS Against Maoist/Naxalite Rebels
The Indian government said on Tuesday that it has begun using unmanned aircraft in Naxal-affected areas of the country. Continue reading
Sanford McDonnell, Aerospace Leader, Dies at 89
Sanford N. McDonnell, who succeeded his uncle as chairman of the aerospace company McDonnell Douglas and, through the 1980s, modernized its management systems, remade the corporate culture and sharply increased earnings, died on Monday at his home in Clayton, Mo. He was 89. Continue reading
The Fate of the Unwanted Global Hawk Block 30s
The US Air Force intends to place six of the Global Hawk Block 30 remotely piloted aircraft that it doesn’t want to operate beyond Fiscal 2012 into non-recoverable storage and another 12 into recoverable storage, said Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz on Tuesday. Continue reading
Aurora Skate sUAS Wins Border Security Product Challenge Award
Aurora’s Skate small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) was awarded first place in the 2012 Border Security Technology/Product Challenge at the recently held 2012 Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Arizona.
The Pirate Bay Considers Launching Low Orbit Server Stations
In what could well have been an April 1 message, the world’s largest BitTorrent site announced that intends to redefine “cloud computing” with a plan to move at least some of its servers onto unmanned aircraft miles above Sweden. Continue reading
Autonomous, Roaming Swarm Creates Temporary Local Wi-Fi Network
Electronic Countermeasures @ GLOW Festival NL 2011 from liam young on Vimeo.
The Electronic Countermeasures project is essentially an autonomous, roaming Internet swarm, constructed from repurposed UAS. Continue reading
Queensland Police Test UAS for Surveillance
Police in Queensland, Australia, are testing a hi-tech surveillance UAS that can be used to chase criminals, detect drug crops and find missing people all at a fraction of the cost of a helicopter. Continue reading