A team at Webster Field Annex is working briskly to support an urgent Navy request to weaponize the MQ-8B Fire Scout, marking the first time the Navy will arm an unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
Category Archives: VTOL
Animal Rights Activists in Northern Ireland Use UAS to Expose Badger Baiting
The Ulster Society Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Northern Ireland has been using a quadrocopter to expose the secretive world of Badger baiting. Continue reading
Schiebel Camcopter Now With Heavy Fuel Engine
Schiebel has announced the first flight of a heavy-fuel powered CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS. Continue reading
Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences 2012
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
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