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The US Army has begun to install a ground-based sense and avoid radar at five installations to keep UAVs from crashing into other flying objects. The radar, built by SRC, is planned for five sites to allow the General Atomics-built MQ-1C Gray Eagle fly safely in domestic airspace, said Col. Courtney Cote, project manager for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, speaking at an industry conference last week. Continue reading
Iran’s state TV on Wednesday broadcast footage of an aircraft it says is a replica of a RQ-170 captured in 2011. Continue reading
Researchers at Queensland University sent budgies down a tunnel, where they were met by an obstruction in the middle, with a choice to fly either to the left or to the right of it. What they found surprised them.
Lockheed Martin’s partner Altavian Inc. has been awarded a $4 million contract to provide gimbaled sensor payloads for the Army’s RQ-20 Puma small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). These payloads will feature the Lockheed Martin Procerus Technologies Perceptor gimballed imaging sensor, which provides advanced stabilization and sharper images, along with dual-band imaging and laser illumination capabilities. Continue reading
Kratos Defense & Security‘s unmanned systems division (USD) has successfully tested its BQM-177A subsonic aerial target (SSAT) unmanned aerial drone system at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s Sea Range in Point Mugu, California, US. Continue reading
US President Barack Obama has asked for $55 million worth of small, tactical unmanned air vehicles as part of a $5.6 billion request to Congress for the US fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
The UK Royal Air Force has conducted the first air strike using one of its General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper unmanned air vehicles against Islamic State insurgents in Iraq, following the type’s deployment in support of the anti-extremist mission last month. Continue reading
This video was created with the permission and supervision of the Mexico City International Airport authorities, and in close contact with the control tower and pilots. Continue reading