Aerial video captivated an audience of farmers last week in Grand Island, watching a cheap camera attached to a small aircraft gets a bird’s eye view. Continue reading
Category Archives: News
Pulse Aerospace Announces New Unmanned Helicopter
Pulse Aerospace released is latest product, the PA-01 Vapor helicopter unmanned aircraft system at the PIPELINE Innovator of the Year Event in Overland Park, Kansas on January 26, 2012. Continue reading
US Air Force Briefing from the Pentagon
Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz answer questions about the Air Force’s Force Structure overview during a February 3rd news briefing at the Pentagon. Continue reading
NATO to Buy 5 RQ-4B Global Hawks
RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 40 Photo: Northrop Grumman
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed on Friday to acquire its first fleet of unarmed unmanned aircraft under a long-sought deal that defence officials said would help fill a gap in alliance surveillance capabilities exposed by last year’s military campaign in Libya.
US Air Force to Retire Entire RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 Fleet
Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, at an Air Force Association event in Washington on February 2, previewed more details of the USAF portion of the fiscal 2013 budget request that comes out February 13. Continue reading
FAA Cracks Down on Real Estate Use of UAS Video
MI6 Films is one of the operators targeted by the FAA in its crackdown on the use of remote-control aircraft to shoot aerial video and photos for the real estate trade. Continue reading
US Develops Floating UAS Base for Rapid Strikes
The new US defense-budget plan includes funding for an a floating unmanned aircraft base that also could be used as a launching pad for commandos. Continue reading
Iran to Unveil New UAS
Iran's Ababil
Iran claims that it is set to unveil a new domestically-built high performance unmanned aircraft.