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SurveyCopter-Developed ‘Tracker’ on Cassidian Stand at MILIPOL, Paris today
Franco-German aerospace group European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co announced yesterday that its security and defence division Cassidian has acquired SurveyCopter, a closely-held French company specialised in the manufacture of light unmanned aircraft as part of a move to tap into the fast-growing market for military and civil missions for these aircraft.
Boeing plans a November 2 rollout ceremony in Mesa, Arizona, for the first upgraded AH-64D Apache Block III destined for the US Army. Continue reading
Israel Aerospace Industries has become the latest company to offer an unmanned helicopter for combat resupply and medevac missions. Continue reading
According to a report by According to a report by Yonhap News Agency, South Korea is developing a tilt-rotor type of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which has the same vertical-takeoff capability of a helicopter but still retains the speed and range of a traditional, winged aircraft. Continue reading
On 16 September, ESG Elektroniksystem-und-Logistik-GmbH together with Swiss UAV AG and the German Federal Police successfully conducted experimental flights with the Unmanned Mission Avionics Test Helicopter (UMAT) from a Federal Police ship in the Baltic Sea. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin recently posted this video of the Lockheed Martin-Kaman’s unmanned helicopter successfully completing the Navy’s Quick Reaction Assessment.
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The Kaman Unmanned K-MAX cargo helicopter has received the Platinum Innovation Prize from the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership, Inc. Continue reading
Bell Helicopter has announced that its OH 58 Kiowa Warrior has successfully demonstrated several ground breaking capabilities that will enable interoperability among multiple aviation platforms, such as manned and unmanned aircraft. Continue reading