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.
Divers Recover Sheriff’s Shadowhawk
Divers with the Houston Police Department recovered the missing Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office drone last week after it crashed and sank into Lake Conroe April 25. Continue reading
NEANY and Visual Intelligence to Deploy iOne M+ 108 Megapixel Multispectral Sensor in Arrow UAS
NEANY has expanded its partnership agreement with Visual Intelligence to deploy Visual Intelligence’s iOne M+ 108 megapixel metric mapping system in NEANY’s flagship unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the Arrow. NEANY will utilize the iOne M+ system for large area high-resolution geospatial imaging for both military and commercial applications.
Lockheed Martin Integrates Latest Ground Control Station Technology with Fury UAS
To increase expeditionary capabilities in its long endurance Group 3 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), Lockheed Martin recently fielded its newest Expeditionary Ground Control Station, or “xGCS” (R), for use with the Fury UAS.