A private Chinese company is displaying a UAS that it says took photographs of the disputed Senkaku Islands, a claim doubted by outside observers. The Haiyao 1 unmanned surveillance aircraft, produced by an aircraft manufacturer from Jiangsu province, has attracted visitors at the 5th UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) China Conference and Exhibition in Beijing, which started on Sept. 16.
NATO Report Highlights RPAS Limitations
NATO’s Joint Air Power Competence Centre (JAPCC) has released a study into the vulnerabilities that the alliance’s in-use unmanned air vehicles have, claiming that the nature of UAV operations to date may have limited their development. Continue reading
Logos Technologies Gets FAA Authorization To Begin Testing Of New UAS In New York
Logos Technologies has received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to begin flight-testing of the unmanned aerial system (UAS) component of the unmanned Tactically Expandable Maritime Platform (TEMP). Testing will be conducted at the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR) FAA UAS test site at the Oneida County Griffiss International Airport in Rome, NY.
DJI Phantom – NYPD Helicopter Near-Miss Over Brooklyn
An NYPD helicopter had an 800- feet-high near-miss with a drone as the cops searched for a missing teenage girl in Brooklyn early Wednesday, law-enforcement sources told The Post. Just before 1 a.m., the chopper was hovering over 1240 Greene Ave. in Bushwick when it was forced to suddenly change course because of the drone, sources said.
CyPhy Works Gets US Air Force Pocket UAS Contract
CyPhy Works has been awarded a contract by the U. S. Air Force to help improve search and rescue operations. Funded under the Rapid Innovation Fund, Extreme Access Pocket Flyer will address an existing capability gap in the remote inspection of small passageways and tunnels that are often – blocked by debris and rubble.
World War One Fighter Aircraft on Parade
The Vintage Aviator’s collection of World War One aircraft continues to grow, and periodically these amazing aircraft are put on display for the public to see, hear and smell. Continue reading
Manufacturer Plans 1,000 Riot Control UAS a Month
Specialist surveillance company Desert Wolf is seeking to establish manufacturing facilities that can build at least a thousand Skunk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) a month, in response to massive demand for the riot control vehicle, which is being developed into a whole family that can be used for a variety of duties, such as search and rescue, surveillance, LIDAR scanning and lifeguard.
German May Provide UAS to Monitor Ukraine Cease-Fire
The German army is assessing whether to provide drones for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to monitor the fragile cease-fire in Eastern Ukraine, the German defence ministry said Tuesday. The German Defence Ministry has sent a team to southeastern Ukraine. France is also considering sending UAS. Continue reading