The German government and military may acquire be leaning in favour of buying armed American UAS, rather than Israel’s Heron TP, as previously reported. Continue reading
Virgin Galactic Breaks Speed of Sound in 1st Rocket-Powered Flight of SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi’s aabar Investments PJS, completed the first rocket-powered flight of its space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo (SS2) on April 29. Continue reading
Four Decades of UAS Research at NASA Dryden – Video
NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center recently posted this video celebrating its heritage of developmental and operational experience with unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
Validated RPAS Designs, Tooling & Jigs Available
Tasuma is a UK company that has been trading for over 30 years and that is specialised in the manufacture RPA airframes, usually under sub-contract to system primes. Over the years, Tasuma has been involved in most UK RPAS programmes. Continue reading
Epson Announces Two New Inertial Measurement Units for Industry
Epson Electronics America (EEA) has developed two products, the M-G550-PC and the M-G550-PR, for its inertial measurement units (IMU) range. The new products will be on display at Sensor + Test 2013, the world’s largest international fair for sensors to be held from May 14th – 16th in Nuremburg, Germany. The new 6-DOF*2 IMUs, which have gyroscopic sensors on three axes and accelerometers on three directions, also have built-in support for two widely used industrial interfaces: the CAN*3 protocol in the case of the M-G550-PC and the RS-422*4 in the case of the M-G550-PR. Continue reading
Israeli F-16 Downs Another Hezbollah UAS
An Israeli Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 has shot down an unmanned aircraft launched from Lebanon by Hezbollah militants. The threat was detected over the Mediterranean sea on 25 April and was destroyed shortly after by an air-to-air missile. Continue reading
Unmanned Aircraft Tested For Precision Airdrops
Unmanned aircraft, valued for their ability to hunt down the enemy without putting pilots in harm’s way, are being considered for a new mission: marking airdrop zones for resupplying troops in the war zone. Continue reading
Insitu Gets $7.8M US Navy Contract for ScanEagle Support Services
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Wash., is being awarded a $7,826,247 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-11-C-0061) to exercise an option for operational and maintenance services in support of the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading