From this month, Sussex Police officers are running a trial using a small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) at and around the Gatwick Airport that will give them an eye in the sky to deal with potential incidents.The system will be able to beam live high-quality pictures to officers on the ground, allowing them to more quickly assess locations and film incidents from above. Continue reading
NASA Dryden Becomes NASA Armstrong
This video highlights some of the flight research and other activities that occurred at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in 2013. Continue reading
Israel Bans Elbit & IAI from UAS Sales to Poland
Israel’s Ministry of Defence has reacted to a potential procurement scandal in Poland by banning two of it’s leading manufacturers from selling unmanned air systems to the European nation. Continue reading
AAI RQ-7 Shadow Tactical UAS in Afghanistan
U.S. Army Soldiers with Company B, 4-3 Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, retrieve and launch an unmanned aircraft, the RQ-7B Shadow, on Forward Operating Base Shank, Logar Province, Afghanistan. Continue reading
DJI Phantom Creates LED Art
Inspired by the 1977 film “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” production studio Fiction has created massive light paintings that look like an alien went wild with sparklers in the sky. Continue reading
Algeria Evaluates Chinese CH-4
Algeria is evaluating the Chinese CH-4 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and is reportedly very interested in acquiring the type, which can be armed with guided weapons. Continue reading
Singular Aircraft Demonstrator Passes Float Tests
The testing phase of Singular Aircraft Demonstrator SA-03 took an important step forward: In the middle of the month of February the SA- 03, which is an amphibious aircraft, successfully performed a series of manoeuvres and tests in water. Continue reading
Israeli UAS Crashes in Gaza
An unmanned aircraft of the sort Israel uses for surveillance and missile strikes in Gaza crashed in the south of the territory early on Tuesday, sources on both sides said. Continue reading