PTERA is a scale 737 unmanned aircraft system with big implications for the world of commercial aircraft. Created by aerospace engineering company Area-I in Georgia, PTERA is the unmanned Prototype-Technology Evaluation and Research Aircraft yielding inexpensive flight research for commercial aircraft and NASA, and it’s using 3D Printing in a few instrumental ways. Continue reading
Dragonfly Pictures Builds Twin-Rotor UAS in Pennsylvania
“The technology is out of Pandora’s box,” said Michael Piasecki, President and Founder of Essington-based Dragonfly Pictures Inc. Working for the military, the Delaware County company has developed several UAS. Continue reading
FAA Selects Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research and Test Sites
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced the selection of the six public entities that will develop unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) research and test sites around the country. Continue reading
US DoD Roadmap Highlights
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DoD inventories and funding of UAS are expected to continue a gradual upward trend through 2015 and then trend downward in 2016 and beyond, although UAS experienced a full $1.3 billion (33.4%) reduction from fiscal year (FY) 2013 to PB2014 in combined research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) and procurement funding. Continue reading
NORAD Tracks Santa Programme Breaks All Records
The North American Aerospace Defense Command’s NORAD Tracks Santa Program exceeded its own records in the number of calls, emails and social media followers this year. Continue reading
US Army Zaps Drones with New Laser System
The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command for the first time used a vehicle mounted high energy laser to successfully engage more than 90 mortar rounds and several unmanned aircraft systems in flight. Continue reading
International student Team to Build Anti-Rhino-Poaching UAS in South Africa
An international student team (Team AREND) is collaborating to compete in the Wildlife Conservation UAV Challenge – to design, build & fly an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to support anti-poaching operations in South Africa. Continue reading
NASA’s New Robotic Challenge to Explore UAS Airspace Operations
Teams of aerospace researchers across the USA are signing up to compete for $500,000 in prize money by demonstrating the ability to fly unmanned aircraft through an airspace obstacle course. Continue reading