an independent online news service for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems world
King Kabiru Shotobi, of the city and local government area of Ikorodu in Lagos State, Nigeria, recently visited with representatives from Ausley Associates, Inc. to discuss the benefits of UAS and the resources Ausley can provide to the people of Ikorodu. Continue reading
To conclude our series of exclusive interviews, our final interviewee is the event organiser himself, Joel Davis Founder & CEO of JD Events. Prior to founding JD Events in January of 2002, Joel spent 16 years as a senior executive in the tradeshow and conference industry. He began his event management career with Reed Exhibition Companies and left Reed in 1996 to serve as President of Primedia/Intertec Exhibitions (now Penton Media), and subsequently served as President and COO of eMarketWorld and Vice President/General Manager of Imark Communications.
Joel has a genuine passion for the events business combined with a deeply held belief in the value of face-to-face marketing and community building. He has been a member of the Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO) since 1996 and has served on the SISO Executive Committee. Continue reading
The Army Research Lab, or ARL, is testing UAVs that might sport wings that flap like a bird or a butterfly at the Spesutie Island Robotics Research Facility on Chesapeake Bay. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. announced that construction has commenced on its new, five-and-a-half acre RPA training facility at Grand Sky Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) business and aviation park in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Continue reading
During the Robotic Technology Exhibition in Dubai six weeks ago, Lockheed Martin demonstrated the Indago quadrotor UAS equipped with an EO/IR payload. It was steered from a portable controller with software that allowed the operator “to focus on high-level mission execution rather than flight details” according to LM. Continue reading
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport authorities confiscated a total of 38 small unmanned aircraft systems or drones in the past three months. Continue reading
At the Dubai Airshow in 2013, Adcom Systems’ exhibit was dominated by a full-scale model of the UAE-based airframer’s latest creation – the 12-tonne Global Yabhon unmanned aircraft. This year the focus is not on the Global Yabhon, but on Adcom’s global expansion. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has announced that it opened an office in Abu Dhabi in August to support its Middle East and North African (MENA) customers. Additionally, it will support the United Arab Emirates, the first customer of the Predator RPA -series outside of the U.S. and NATO countries.