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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
Microdrone md4-200 – Photo: Marijn Hendrickx
A miniature unmanned aircraft has helped archaeologists capture images for creating a 3-D model of an ancient burial mound in Russia.
SKIVE Aviation was on hand to film the flight demonstrations at the recent international UAV-g 2011 Conference organised by ETH Zurich at Birrfeld Airfield in Switzerland. Continue reading
The US Marine Corps is taking the use of unmanned air systems to the next level, deploying pilotless cargo helicopters to Afghanistan to test their ability to supply troops in the field without trucks facing the risk of deadly IEDs. Continue reading