A covert, perpetually self-powered wireless sensor network developed by Lockheed Martin could revolutionise how to discreetly monitor one’s surroundings. Lockheed Martin’s Self-Powered Ad-hoc Network (SPAN) system is a network of “Field-and Forget” ground sensors that provides unobtrusive, continuous surveillance which can support a variety of missions and applications, such as border protection, area surveillance and even bridge, pipeline, aircraft and other structural monitoring requirements.
Cornwall and Wales Create UK National Aeronautical Centre for UAS Test Flights
A partnership between West Wales Airport in Blaenannerch and Newquay airport in Cornwall has launched the first private facility for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).
Red Star Yak 52 Display Team Formation Aerobatics
The Red Star Yak52 display team put their Soviet designed and built military trainers through their paces during a formation aerobatics display. Continue reading
Gray Eagle Completes 20,000 Automated Takeoffs And Landings
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. announced that its Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has reached a record 20,000 successful automatic launch and recoveries with the Automatic Takeoff and Landing System (ATLS). This milestone was achieved on September 25 and comes just 15 months after reaching 10,000 events in June 2012.
AeroVironment and Eurocopter to Evaluate Potential Joint Opportunities
AeroVironment, Inc. a high volume manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), and Eurocopter, a global helicopter manufacturer, announced at the Association of the United States Army annual meeting that they have signed a cooperative agreement to explore opportunities for expanding their respective military and commercial product portfolios.
Austria Buys 6 Cassidian Tracker Systems
The Cassidian Tracker mini unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has won the Austrian Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) UAS competition. The system will be the Austrian military’s first UAS.
Australian Start-Up Combines Data Analysis with UAS Operations for Agriculture
Farmers and resource managers in Australia’s mid-west are set to reap the benefits of the latest technology that pairs computer programming with unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
Raytheon Gets $50M UAS Electro-Optical Targeting Systems Contract
U.S. Air Force officials needed electro-optical targeting systems for the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper hunter-killer unmanned aircraft system (UAS), as well as for manned helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. They found their solution from the Raytheon Co. Space and Airborne Systems segment in McKinney, Texas. Continue reading