The US Air Force is unable to keep up with a growing demand for pilots capable of operating UAS partly due to a shortage of volunteers, according to a new study. Continue reading
US Missile Defense Agency Tests UAS For Boost-Phase Targeting
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to continue testing the use of Reaper unmanned aircraft for ballistic missile target discrimination in the near term because taking that mission to space is still too costly. Continue reading
US Navy Builds Mission Control Centre for Maritime UAS Operations in Jacksonville, Florida
U.S. Navy officials plan to build a mission-control complex for unmanned maritime patrol aircraft at Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Fla. The complex will provide command and control for the Navy’s future fleet of Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Continue reading
Lockheed Martin’s Transformer TX in Phase 3 of Development Process
With Transformer (TX), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is giving ‘off-road’ an entirely new meaning. Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works® is leading a team with Piasecki Aircraft to develop the next generation of compact, high-speed vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned payload delivery systems under the Transformer programme. Continue reading
HoodTech Vision Demonstrates Dual Imaging Systems
HoodTech Vision can deliver stabilized imaging systems that operate simultaneously and independently on a single aircraft, the company announced recently. Continue reading
New VTOL UAS from Taiwan
The Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST) of Taiwan unveiled its new Mini-UAS Unmanned Aircraft System Magic-Eye at TADTE 2013, the Taipei Aerospace and Defense Technolgy Exhibition which was held from 15 to 18 August 2013 in Taipei, Taiwan. Continue reading
Sikorsky Develops Matrix Software for Autonomous Helicopters
Sikorsky’s research department has announced that it is developing software and hardware called Matrix intended to “improve significantly the capability, reliability, and safety” of autonomous VTOL aircraft. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Announces Progress on German EuroHawk Programme
A Northrop Grumman Corp spokesman said that his company was making “a lot of progress” in talks with the German government about the country’s stalled purchase of four Euro Hawk UAS, and what is needed to certify their airworthiness. Continue reading