Germany’s Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere has come under fire over scrapping of the EuroHawk programme after investing around USD 835 million dollars to build a prototype of the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.
Aeronautics Defense Systems Delivers Aerostar to Azerbaijan
Aeronautics Defense Systems, the Israeli unmanned air systems manufacturer, is delivering its Aerostar UAS to Azerbaijan and plans to transfer more production to its local company, Azad Systems, which was established in 2011 as a joint venture between the Defence Ministry of Azerbaijan and Aeronautics. Continue reading
Swiss UAS Production Takes Off
Switzerland’s flying robots used for 3D aerial mapping have been a global commercial success. But security and privacy concerns could curb the enthusiasm of a sector which is in full swing. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Proposes Cost Cuts, Sensor Change To Save Global Hawk
Northrop Grumman is focusing efforts to save the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft programme on reversing the U.S. Air Force’s intent to retire its young fleet of multi-sensor RQ-4B Block 30s in favour of keeping in service the aircraft they were intended to replace, the Lockheed U-2. Continue reading
X-47B Performs First Ever Carrier Touch-and-Go
The Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) has begun touch-and-go landing operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) May 17. Continue reading
Frost & Sullivan Report on Israel’s UAS Exports
Israeli exports of unmanned aircraft over the last eight years totaled 4.62 billion USD and are expected to grow at 5-10% per year until 2020, according to a new study release by the International consulting firm of Frost & Sullivan. Continue reading
Geologists in Norway Deploy UAS in Search for Oil
Researchers at Centre for integrated petroleum research (CIPR), a joint venture between the University of Bergen (UiB) and Uni Research, have found a new preferred method – using UAS to map new oil reserves from the air. Continue reading
Smartphone App for Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology – NASA Dryden Video
Flights tests of a smartphone-assisted automatic ground collision avoidance system at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center consistently commanded evasive manoeuvres when it sensed that the unmanned test aircraft was getting too close to mountainous terrain. Continue reading