India’s state-run Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) has announced that the debut flight test of indigenously developed UAS Rustom-2 would take place in February 2014.
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Fuel Cell Doubles BirdEye Endurance
Israel Aerospace Industries has doubled the endurance of its BirdEye-650 unmanned aircraft system to 6 hours through the use of a fuel cell power pack. Continue reading
US May Base Global Hawk on Cocos Islands, Australia
Australia’s Cocos Islands territory could be used as a staging point for flights by United States unmanned surveillance aircraft over the South China Sea. Continue reading
TacoCopter Delivers Fresh Tacos by Quadcopter
Posted April 1. “Flying Robots Deliver Tacos To Your Location – Our unmanned delivery agents are fast and work tirelessly.” Continue reading
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.