In view of threats to security during the ongoing tourist season, the flying of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) — commonly known as drones — for civil purposes, sans the requisite permissions, is likely to be banned. Continue reading
2016: More Changes for USAF RPAS
The 2016 will be the beginning of the end for the MQ-1 Predator. Now 20 years old, the Predator has been an ubiquitous part of America’s conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the ageing platform is starting to be replaced by more of the MQ-9 Reapers, which have a longer flight time, wider range and bigger payload. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Gets $93M TERN Contract
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. Aerospace Systems, El Segundo, California, has been awarded a $93,076,636 Other Transaction Agreement for prototype project – Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (Tern) program, Phase III.
Pro-Cam Rentals Aerial Division Offers SHOTOVER U1 Professional Grade UAS
Pro-Cam Rentals, North America’s largest supplier of telescopic camera cranes and remote systems, and Shotover, the maker of high performance stabilization platforms, has announced Pro-Cam’s launch of a new aerial division to supply the broadcast and motion picture industry with the first Shotover U1 unmanned aerial systems. Continue reading
NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) First Flight
From the aircraft build to flight, the first RQ-4 Global Hawk developed for the NATO Allied Ground Surveillance (AGS) programme has taken to the air. Leaving from Palmdale, NATO’s first Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) aircraft successfully executed a comprehensive range of test points before landing at Edwards Air Force Base on December 19, 2015 in Palmdale, California. Continue reading
USA won’t Fly Troops into Battle Unmanned Helicopters
The US Army has no plans to ferry troops into war zones aboard unmanned helicopters, but will push autonomous and remote-controlled flight technology for cargo delivery, although it’s not a near-term priority, service officials say. Continue reading
UAS Aids in Train Derailment Investigation
On a beautiful October day, Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne and his team at the University of Vermont’s Spatial Analysis Lab got a call from the Vermont Agency of Transportation. An Amtrak Vermonter train had just derailed in Northfield, Vermont, and the agency wanted to learn more about what caused the derailment. Continue reading
Back To The Future – Hoverboard Launched
ARCA Space Corporation announced that it has created ArcaBoard which closely resembles Marty McFly’s Hoverboard in ‘Back to the Future’ and not to be confused with the wheeled versions currently on sale. Continue reading