Applanix Corp. and American Aerospace Advisors, Inc. (AAAI), have agreed on an OEM supply agreement that will incorporate Applanix direct georeferencing technology into AAAI’s unmanned aerial platforms. The collaboration creates a commercially available professional-grade mapping UAV system for civilian applications such as pipeline monitoring, power line surveys and emergency-response mapping. Continue reading
IAI / Stark Unveils New Mini UAS
Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) US subsidiary Stark Aerospace Inc. recently began deliveries of its new mini unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the Aerolight, which it specially designed for US Special Forces with the assistance of the Department of Defense.
FAA Eyes Initial Limited Commercial UAS Operations
The FAA is working to approve limited commercial operations by unmanned aircraft in specific applications, such as crop spraying, that pose a low risk to those on the ground. Four industries have approached the agency about using language in the 2012 FAA reauthorisation act to get an exemption to the ban on civil UAS, says Jim Williams, UAS integration office manager. Continue reading
Insitu Pacific Demonstrates Fire Management Assistance with ScanEagle
Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., announced it recently conducted a successful demonstration for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) using the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Continue reading
Northrop Grumman, RMIT University to Study UAS Airworthiness in Australia
Northrop Grumman Corp. said that it is collaborating with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University to study airworthiness requirements for operating unmanned aircraft systems in Australia. Continue reading
Turkey Steadily Builds UAS Capabilities
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan frequently mentions the Anka, Turkey’s first indigenous UAS, in speeches.“We have reached [a technological level] that we can produce unmanned aircraft,” he proudly told Parliament on April 29.
Trinidad & Tobago Budgets $87M on Four UAS
Trinidad & Tobago’s Cabinet has approved the purchase of six helicopters and four Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for the National Operations Centre (NOC) that would cost about $600 million, reported National Security Minister Gary Griffith. Continue reading
LH-10 to Be Built in Morocco
The LH Aviation LH-10 light multirole aircraft, bought for surveillance use by Benin and the United Arab Emirates, will be the first aircraft to be manufactured in Morocco when a new factory is established in the North African country.