Israeli start-up Simplex Mapping Solutions has developed the CaMundo camera system -a new miniature collection system that implements a unique technology concept. Weighing only 6kg, the system is able to collect up to 146mp across track and 24,400 unique pixels across track. The system can to be installed on medium size UAS as well as on any light aircraft, even with no shooting hole and helicopters . Continue reading
Groupon Develops Catapult Parcel Delivery System to Beat Amazon
From our dungeon to your doorstep, Groupon promises to deliver great deals, great service and medieval catapults. Continue reading
UPS CEO Says UAS Parcel Delivery is 10 Years Away
Bloomberg’s Carol Massar recaps her interview with UPS CEO Scott Davis. She speaks with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television’s “Taking Stock.” Continue reading
Russia Claims China Copied Stealth UAS Design
After China’s first stealth combat UAS, the Lijian, completed its first test flight on November 21, the Moscow-based Military Parade stated that the aircraft — designed jointly by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and Hongdu Aviation Industry Group — is in fact a copy of a Russian design. Continue reading
Australia’s Herons to Remain in Afghanistan to Secure Elections in 2014
Australia has agreed to extend the deployment of two Heron unmanned surveillance aircraft to assist with security for Afghanistan’s national elections in April next year. Defence Minister David Johnston said the 40-member Heron team, based at Kandahar airport, would now stay until next July. Continue reading
Iran Claims Reverse-Enginered RQ-170 Soon Ready to Fly
Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hossein Salami announced that the Iranian version of the RQ-170 which has been manufactured through the reverse engineering of the American UAS which was tracked and hunted down in Iran late in 2011, will be unveiled to the public soon. “The construction will finish soon and most of the job has been done now,” General Salami told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Tehran on Tuesday. Continue reading
Sinclair Community College Offers Smart Course in COA Applications
Sinclair Community College is offering a new course on obtaining permission to fly unmanned aircraft systems.The course will concern obtaining a Certificate of Authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly UAS. Continue reading
General Atomics Gets $40M Gray Eagle Production Contract from US Army
Gray Eagle with Triclops Sensor Suite – Photo: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.,was awarded a $40,253,105 modification to contract W58RGZ-13-C-0109 for the Gray Eagle full rate production option exercise applicable to the Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System. Continue reading