Aurora Flight Sciences Offers Global Leases for Centaur OPA Surveillance Aircraft

Aurora Flight Sciences announced that it is offering Centaur Optionally Piloted Aircraft (OPA) globally for leasing or fee-for-service. This Aurora offering makes Centaur’s unique capabilities available to customers seeking intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) data without the burden of purchasing and operating a sensor platform. Continue reading →

RPAS 2013 Brussels June 24-27 – Conference Overview Part 2

At UVS International’s RPAS 2013 Conference, following on from Monday’s presentations from the UK, France, Sweden, the Friday session opens with a presentation from Tricia Stacey – Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) – EU Office of International Affairs, Belgium, on  “The American RPAS Regulatory Status” on behalf of James Williams, FAA UAS Integration Office, USA. Continue reading →

FMS selects ING Robotic Aviation’s Fixed Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system for forest fire fighting in Chile

iFMS Chile has purchased the  Serenity fixed wing unmanned aircraft systems from ING Robotic Aviation in Canada for use in forest fire fighting in Chile.  Serenity will be used for aerial survey of forest fires using both electro-optical and infrared cameras, in order to provide a wide range of imagery that will be used in immediate support of Chilean forest fire fighting. Continue reading →