Israel Aerospace Industries will present new solutions for landing and take off of Unmanned Aircraft System, implemented in the Panther, at the 52nd Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences. Continue reading
Category Archives: VTOL
China’s Sunward Tech VTOL UAS Maiden Flight
This video* shows China’s Sunward Tech Star-lite SVU200 vertical take-off and landing unmanned aircraft during its maiden flight. Continue reading
Ex-FIFA Soccer Referee Confirms Microdrones Record-Breaking Endurance Flight
Microdrones staged this stunt in a film studio using Urs Meier, a former FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) soccer referee as an impartial judge, to demonstrate the long endurance of its md4-1000. Continue reading
Netra Quadcopter Now in Use in Anti-Insurgency Operations in India
It was in December 2010 when Netra, the Unmanned Aircraft System, was demonstrated for the first time by its makers before various paramilitary forces such as NSG, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Delhi Police, Maharashtra Police and the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force. Continue reading
Pigeon Shooters Down Animal Rights Group Hexacopter in South Carolina
A remote-controlled aircraft owned by an animal rights group was reportedly shot down near Broxton Bridge Plantation on Sunday, February 12. Continue reading
Unmanned Helicopter from China at Singapore Air Show
Yotaisc Technology is a Chinese company that’s hoping to target South East Asia with its unmanned helicopter and has a stand at the Singapore Air Show for the first time. Continue reading
US Navy Cancels Medium-Range Maritime UAS Programme
Bell/Northrop Grumman MQ-8C ‘Fire X’
The US Navy has cancelled its medium-range maritime unmanned air system (MRMUAS) programme, which was to produce a vertical-lift UAS to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services for up to 8 hours. Continue reading
Korea Continues to Develop Tilt-Rotor UAS
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute and Korean Air have signed an agreement to develop the world’s first small-scale unmanned tilt-rotor aircraft by 2013. Continue reading