U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Team assigned to the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., perform during the 2014 Nellis Air Force Base Open House Nov 8, 2014. Continue reading
US Air Force Global Hawk Hits 500-Mission Milestone
As the morning sun beat down on its nearly 131-foot wingspan, the EQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft descended from its 60,000-foot perch for the 500th time, coming to rest at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia Nov. 11. Continue reading
Insitu $71M Contract for 65 ScanEagles for Afghanistan
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded a $70,941,310 firm-fixed-price delivery order (0011) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N68335-11-G-0009) for the procurement of eight ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems for the government of Afghanistan under the Foreign Military Sales program.
Motor and Propeller Test Tool for sUAS Designers
The RCbenchmark dynamometer is the first commercial tool that allows sUAS designers to fully characterize brushless motors, propellers, batteries, and speed controllers, with the goal of maximizing the flight time and performance of their designs. Continue reading
Spain Wants to Arm its MQ-9 Fleet
Spain has confirmed that it will eventually try to weaponise its future fleet of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper unmanned air vehicles, although the immediate priority is to bring the surveillance-only variant into operation. Continue reading
RPAS CivOps Conference Postponed to January 2016
The Belgian government has announced that the high degree of security measures that is currently applicable in Brussels, Belgium has been extended until Monday evening 30 Nov. 2015 (when it will be reviewed). Taking into account the general safety of the conference attendees, the logistical problems that they may encounter and the incertainty of what next week will bring, this situation has, unfortunately, pushed us to decide that it is wisest to postpone the RPAS CivOps 2015 conference. Continue reading
AeroVironment Gets $13 M RQ-20A Puma AE Order from US Marine Corps
AeroVironment, Inc. announced it received a firm fixed-price order valued at $13,015,396 for RQ-20A Puma AE small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and initial spares packages for the United States Marine Corps on October 27, 2015. Continue reading
Russia Deploys UAS Squadron to Arctic Region
Orlan 10
A squadron of the Orlan-10 and Forpost (Outpost) unmanned aerial vehicles for the Arctic region has been formed in Russia’s Eastern Military District. It is based near the administrative center of Chukotka Autonomous District Anadyr, head of the press service of the Eastern Military District Alexander Gordeyev told TASS on Monday.