Off the California coast lies the sunken wreckage of the U.S. Navy’s last flying aircraft carrier. The idea that the Navy had flying aircraft carriers is probably new to a lot of people. Imagine a nearly 800-foot “blimp” where five military airplanes can land and take off in midair.
Texas Air National Guard Deploys Two MQ-1 Predators to Europe
Two MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft (RPAs) and approximately 70 Airmen from the 147th Reconnaissance Wing of the Texas Air National Guard based at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, deployed to Lielvarde Air Base, Latvia over the weekend.
Drones with Thermal Cameras Inspect Etihad Towers
Adriah Ninteoar, the pilot for Technometer Middle East, uses drone technology with an attached thermal camera to inspect and scan the exterior of Etihad Towers in Abu Dhabi for tiny holes where cold air might escape
Abu Dhabi // Property manager Richard Foulds had a problem: there were tiny air leaks in the window seals in Etihad Towers, and using men on ropes to find them was, as he says, “like looking for a needle in a haystack”. Continue reading
Report on RPAS Incidents in The Netherlands
The Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate in The Netherlands has just release a report of incidents involving remotely piloted, unmanned aerial vehicles or unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
Sony VTOL UAV Prototype Test Flight
Aerosense, Sony Corp.’s joint-venture drone company, has unveiled a prototype of the flying machines it will use to serve business customers. Continue reading
Insitu Gets $9M US Navy Blackjack Services Contract
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded $8,810,938 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0042 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-12-G-0008) for interim contractor services in support of the RQ-21 Blackjack program.
US Defense Dept wants Cargo Drones for the Pacific
Promoting the development of cargo drones will be the focus of next year’s operational energy capability improvement fund, according to a Defense Department official.
Russian Helicopters Unmanned Tiltrotor Concept
Yak Albatros
Russian Helicopters has expressed new interest in developing tilt-rotor technologies that could be used to design a new family of unmanned and potentially even manned aircraft.