Respected UK daily newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, just published the Global Language Monitor Top 10 lists of the most commonly used words, phrases and names in English speaking media internet in the past year. It concludes that ‘drones’ has entered the list of the Top 10 most commonly used words – in fourth place. The full list is here:
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Shackleton Energy Company to Mine the Moon for Water with Manned and Unmanned Systems
The process of establishing the world’s first operational lunar base and propellant depot business in space is underway as the Shackelton Energy Company launches its initial fund raising campaign. This comes in the footsteps of recent amazing new discoveries of huge deposits of propellant-feedstock ice on the moon by NASA and other international space programmes. Continue reading
EADS Ready to Trade Eurofighter for Talarion
The Financial Times Deutschland reported on Wednesday that EADS is set to offer to waive any rights to damages from cuts to Eurofighter jet orders if some countries buy Talarion UAS and sign maintenance deals. Continue reading
US Air Force Says Flying Operations Not Threatened by Malware
The US Air Force has issued a statement insisting that the malware that affected Ground Control Stations of US Predator and Reaper UAS, was “more of a nuisance than an operational threat.” Continue reading
Makani Airborne Wind Turbine First Flight Demonstrates Power Generation and Autonomous Flight
Makani Power is developing Airborne Wind Turbines (AWT) to extract energy from the powerful, consistent winds at high altitudes. Continue reading
Iran Upgrades Radar to Track UAS
Commander of Khatom ol-Anbia Air Defence Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli said now Iran can trace and shoot down small UAS over its airspace. Continue reading
MQ-9 Reapers to Start Training Flights from Fort Drum
The 174th Fighter Wing, which has been operating unmanned aircraft over Afghanistan for nearly two years is about to start flying them out of Fort Drum and over Northern New York. Continue reading
US Supreme Court Confirms Prison for Professor who Violated the Arms Export Control Act
The Supreme Court will not order a new trial for a University of Tennessee professor convicted of giving foreigners access to sensitive data on military unmanned aircraft. Continue reading