California communities suffering from extreme drought could soon get help from an unlikely source — unmanned aerial vehicles. Continue reading
NASA Seed Funds SR 72 Hypersonic UAV
NASA has funded a parametric design study to establish the viability of a Turbine Based Combined Cycle (TBCC) Propulsion system consisting of integrating several combinations of near-term turbine engine solutions and a very low Mach ignition Dual Mode RamJet (DMRJ) in the SR-72 vehicle concept. Continue reading
Iran’s ScanEagle Clone – New Photos
Recently published ABNA.ir photos of Iranian-built Yasir UAV claimed in use with Harakat Hizballah al-Nujaba (HHN): an Iraqi Shia militia allied with Iran. Continue reading
French Post Tests Drone Deliveries
The French post office has launched a programme to use drones to deliver parcels in all weathers up to 12 miles away. La Poste, as France’s public postal service is called, said a series of test flights over the past three months by its subsidiary, Express Internationale GeoPost, has been a success. Continue reading
Drones Over Mumbai
In the absence of any regulatory mechanism, unmanned aircraft or drones continue to hover on the skyline of Mumbai city. Despite being banned by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), and the Mumbai police, these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) were used at least on three different occasions here, The Hindu has learnt. Continue reading
Corsair UAS for Russia in 2016
Russia’s United Instrument Corporation (UIC) will start supplying the small-class Corsair surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to the Russian Armed Forces in late 2016, the company’s CEO Alexander Yakunin told RIA Novosti. Continue reading
Iran’s Mohajer Tested in Military Exercises
MQ-8C Fire Scout First Flight on USS Jason Dunham
The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully flew the MQ-8C Fire Scout system for the first time off the guided-missile destroyer, USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), Dec. 16, off the Virginia coast. Continue reading