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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has successfully integrated and launched a new precision guided missile (PGM) on its Cai Hong 5 (Rainbow 5, or CH-5) strike-capable, medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (MALE UAV), Jane’s sources have confirmed. Continue reading
The maiden concept flight of the Autonomous Air Taxi (AAT), the UAV that will eventually become world’s first self-flying taxi service set to be introduced by Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority in 2022, took to the skies on Monday after the launch button was pressed by Dubai’s Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum. Continue reading
Drone Volt, a France-based manufacturer of drones, has announced it is buying the assets of Dutch unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) company Aerialtronics, which recently announced it would be seeking partners and investors following a solvency procedure. Continue reading
NASA‘s office of inspector general has called on the agency to improve the implementation of policy on unmanned aircraft systems acquisition and management. Continue reading
The senior official at the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) in charge of issuing Remote Pilot Operators Certificates says that the long waiting periods for permission to run commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations will soon be over. Continue reading
Tengoen 10 m-long TB001
Chinese company Tengoen unveiled a series of armed reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the 14th China–ASEAN Expo in Nanning from 12 to 15 September, including two fixed-wing and two vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) UAVs. Continue reading
Army Black Hawk helicopter damaged by a drone over Staten Island.
An Army Black Hawk helicopter was struck by a drone at approximately 500 feet over a residential neighborhood on Staten Island. The helicopter, based out of Fort Bragg, N.C., was in New York City for the United Nations patrol. Continue reading
An IDF soldier from the Artillery Corps launches an Elbit Skylark drone, known in the IDF as a Sky Rider, on January 21, 2013. (Cpl. Zev Marmorstein/Israel Defense Forces)
Two small IDF drones crashed in the West Bank on Monday, the latest Israeli unmanned aircraft to go down in recent months, for as yet unclear reasons, the army said. Continue reading