General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI), has announced that through a contract with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), it executed a missile tracking test as part of the Pacific Dragon (PD) exercise held June 26-28 off the coast of the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) in Kauai, Hawaii. Continue reading
Olaeris Demonstrates 21st Century Helicopter
Olaeris has performed a private flight demonstration of its AEVA unmanned aircraft system for a group of investors and aviation industry executives. Continue reading
NASA Licenses UAV Auto-Tracking Mobile Antenna Platform
NASA has designed an innovative antenna-mounting platform that meets the needs of the unmanned aircraft market by providing a low-cost, low-power mobile auto-tracking antenna. The patent-pending platform offers continuous rotation of nearly 60 pounds of antennas, transmitters, and receivers along with customized software to automatically track a target such as an unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, which can be any size aircraft. Continue reading
DARPA Wants Ideas for Protecting Against sUAS
The rapid evolution of small unmanned air systems (sUAS) technologies is fuelling the exponential growth of the commercial drone sector, creating new asymmetric threats for warfighters. sUASs’ size and low cost enable novel concepts of employment that present challenges to current defense systems.
Russia Testing ‘Invisibility Cloth’
Russian media has announced that Russian scientists have designed and are testing a kind of “cloth” or cover that will make its military equipment invisible to precision-guided smart bombs and missiles favoured by the United States military. Continue reading
Elbit Systems Introduces Maritime Skylark C
Elbit Systems has developed the Skylark C, a new highly autonomous Mini Unmanned Aircraft System (Mini-UAS) specifically designed and built for maritime applications. Continue reading
Watchkeeper Crash at West Wales Airport
A multimillion-pound drone was scrapped after it crashed at a Ceredigion airfield, according to a declassified report.
Affordable Tethered Drone could Fly ‘Forever’
An unmanned aircraft system (UAS) developed by engineers from the University of Southampton uses a powered tether to provide unlimited flight time for drones. The developers say it could offer a more cost-effective solution for aerial monitoring and surveillance than other options on the market. Continue reading