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I don’t know when remote control helicopters became drones, but I think its way past time we stop implying that a fancy RC helicopter with a camera strapped to it is some sort of autonomous Terminator robot.OK sure, in the beginning I know that somebody though that “drone” sounded a lot cooler than “model airplane”. Continue reading
Airbus (AIR.PA) signed a deal on Wednesday with Israel Aerospace Industries to team up on a bid for a bridging contract to supply the German armed forces with military UAS until 2020. Continue reading
The Chariots Of Fire Fighter Collection’s Focke Wulf FW-190 A/N is shown here during a display at Omaka Aerodrome, Blenhiem, New Zealand. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. and Rohde & Schwarz, a manufacturer of wireless communications, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Test and Measurement (T&M) equipment, and broadcasting T&M equipment for digital terrestrial television, announced that they have signed a Teaming Agreement to integrate and flight demonstrate Rohde & Schwarz’s air traffic control radios on the Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper RPA.
On 23 June 2014, the RPAS 2014 conference in Brussels, Belgium will be opened with a speech by Mr Siim Kallas, Vice President of the European Commission & Commissioner for Transport. The RPAS 2014 conference, which is coordinated with ICAO, European Commission, European RPAS Steering Group, EASA, SESAR JU, EUROCONTROL, EDA, JARUS, ECAC, and the International RPAS Coordination Council, will be Europe’s most important RPAS event in 2014. Continue reading
Asked what market trends he sees for the future, Michael Blades, an analyst with Frost & Sullivan, told an audience at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) annual conference, that the ability to defend itself in contested environments is No. 1 on his list. Continue reading
Textron Systems Unmanned Systems has announced a new task order under the U.S. Navy Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Services programme that is expected to reach full operational capability by the end of May. Award of this new task order is in addition to extension of existing task orders, bringing the total monthly mission hours provided under the contract to 4,500 across all international sites. Continue reading