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Spread of RPAS Demonstration Projects by Location
The SESAR Joint Undertaking has just announced the demonstration projects selected for funding as a result of a call launched in February 2013 for proposals in order to select and co-finance a series of projects offering SESAR integrated RPAS demonstration activities. Continue reading
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American fighter aircraft built by Lockheed. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. It was named “fork-tailed devil” (Zwieselsteißteufel) by the Luftwaffe and “two planes, one pilot” (2飛行機、1パイロット, Ni hikoki, ichi pairotto) by the Japanese. Continue reading
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has announced that it has been awarded a contract valued at $11.3 million with Canada’s Department of National Defence to “provide an Unmanned Aerial Surveillance solution”. Continue reading
This 50-minute documentary details the bureaucratic challenges faced by search and rescue personnel and their desperate need for civilian UAS which are currently restricted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Continue reading
Airship maker Aeros is still in a holding pattern, waiting to know for sure whether its prototype Aeroscraft is repairable after a hangar collapsed on it earlier this month. Continue reading
Australian neuroscientists studying bees’ flight have uncovered a surprisingly simple guidance strategy which could be used by UAS, stealth fighters and even spacecraft. Continue reading
US military researchers are hiring two defence companies to develop technology for pod-mounted laser weapons to protect manned aircraft and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR)-guided surface-to-air missiles.
The walls of Fredia Huya-Kouadio’s apartment are scuffed up. They’ve got black marks all over them, from the times his AR Parrot has crashed into them. But these days, it happens much less often: Huya-Kouadio has successfully managed to fly it using just Google Glass. Continue reading