A high-octane aerial race between motorised drones is set to take place in Grimsby this summer. The FPV Grand Prix will head to the Grimsby Town Cricket Club on July 19. Continue reading
Augmented Reality Images from UAS
Sysveo, a French company that builds drones, has received European Space Agency (ESA) support to develop a patent it purchased a few years back, which looks at interactive broadcasting of images.The company is working on software that would allow drones to include augmented reality 3D images in the videos they shoot while flying over a given location.
DARPA’s System of Systems Integrates UAS
DARPA’s System of Systems (SoS) Integration Technology and Experimentation (SoSITE) program aims to develop and demonstrate concepts for maintaining air superiority through novel SoS architectures—combinations of aircraft, weapons, sensors and mission systems—that distribute air warfare capabilities across a large number of interoperable manned and unmanned platforms. The vision is to integrate new technologies and airborne systems with existing systems faster and at lower cost than near-peer adversaries can counter them. Continue reading
Aeryon Labs Gets Three Statewide FAA Approvals
Aeryon Labs Inc. is the first Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) sUAS provider to be named in statewide approvals by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for research and public safety applications. Kansas State University Salina (KSU) and the Michigan State Police (MSP) have been granted authority to use Aeryon sUAS throughout their respective states. Continue reading
C-5M Super Galaxy Set 45 Records in One Flight
A C-5M Super Galaxy aircrew from Travis Air Force Base claimed 45 aeronautical records in one flight, positioning the U.S. military’s largest airframe as the world’s top aviation record holder with a total of 86 world records. Continue reading
F22 Raptor Takeoff
F22 Raptor take off at Fairford. Continue reading
“Spirit Of Kent” Spitfire Flying Display
Spitfire Flying Fast Over Manston Airport. Dan Griffiths was really gunning the Merlin engine, with the “Spirit Of Kent Spitfire” . Continue reading
Germany and France Agree on HALE project
Germany and France are to team up to develop military drones that would initially be used for battlefield surveillance, but could later be armed, the two nations’ leaders said in Berlin on Tuesday. Italy will also participate in the project which is to be settled before the year is out.