Russian company ENICS will demonstrate a new aircraft target E17M at the coming air show MAKS-2017. The new target drone will substitute the older-generation one, E95M, surpassing it in flight and design characteristics. Continue reading
German Heron TPs to be Controlled from Israeli Base
The Heron TP unmanned air vehicles that Germany will lease from Airbus Defence & Space and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will be operated from an Israeli air base. German crews will also be trained at the Israeli air force site, according to the commander of the service’s UAV academy – identified only as Lt Col S. Continue reading
BAE to Develop Multifunctional RF Payload for DARPA
Today, unmanned aerial systems (UAS) typically require multiple payloads with dedicated components, including antennas, radio frequency (RF) circuitry, and processors, to conduct communications, radar, and electronic warfare (EW) missions. Continue reading
NASA Selects Three Aeronautics Teams to Explore an Autonomous Future
Three teams of NASA researchers who have dreamed up potential solutions for pieces of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) puzzle have received the nod to officially begin formal feasibility studies of their concepts. Continue reading
NTT to Launch Drone Traffic Management Software
NTT DATA Corporation has announced the launch of the “airpalette UTM” software package in October 2017. This software package consists of an “FOS” (Flight Operation System) drone operation control function for businesses that use drones and a “UTM core” (UAS Traffic Management core) unmanned aircraft traffic management function for airspace managers. Continue reading
Gazprom and Hungary’s BHE to Cooperate on UAV Gas Pipeline Monitoring
Janos Solymosi and Dmitry Sevastiyanov (foreground), Alexey Miller (background)
Dmitry Sevastiyanov, Director General of Gazprom Space Systems, and Janos Solymosi, Director for S/M & Space of Bonn Hungary Electronics Ltd. (BHE), Member of the Space Generation Advisory Council of Hungary, signed today an Agreement of Cooperation at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2017. Continue reading
MasterFly Long Endurance Mapping Drone
Trigger Composites designs and manufactures unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for a wide range of industries, including the mining sector. Founded in 2006 in Poland, the company aims to provide high-quality products that meet client requirements cost-effectively. Continue reading
White Paper: Dysfunction in UAS Regulatory Safety Decision Making – Analysis and a New Paradigm
In this paper by Suzette Matthews, Esq. and Frank L. Frisbie, P.E., the authors postulate that the absence of an articulated paradigm and decisional standards for determining whether a particular UAS operation will be “reasonably safe” for performance over the non-consenting public is the most significant barrier to certification/operating approval for commercial UAS. Continue reading