British Forces just released this video presentation of the Black Hornet Nano Unmanned Aircraft System that troops are using on the front line in Afghanistan to provide vital information on the ground. Continue reading
Boeing’s Phantom Eye Completes Taxi Tests and Software Upgrades
With its wings stretching 150 feet across the lakebed of Edwards Air Force Base, Boeing’s Phantom Eye – the liquid hydrogen-powered high altitude long endurance unmanned aircraft system completed its latest series of taxi tests in preparation for its return to flight. Continue reading
Mayor of Seattle Orders Police To Abandon UAS Programme
Seattle’s mayor on Thursday ordered the police department to abandon its plan to use UAS after residents and privacy advocates protested. Continue reading
Insitu Gets US Air Force ISR Support Contract – Potential Worth of $190 M
Insitu Inc. has been awarded a $1,000,000 minimum – $190,000,000 maximum, twenty-five month, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) support to U.S. Special Operations Command. Continue reading
GA-ASI Successfully Tests Prototype Due Regard Radar Aboard Predator B
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. announced the successful flight test of a prototype of its Due Regard Radar (DRR), a company-funded air-to-air radar system that supports GA-ASI’s overall airborne Sense and Avoid (SAA) architecture for Predator B RPA. Continue reading
Iran Reveals RQ-170 Decoded Video
Iran has just released footage that proves it has, if not literally decoded, at least accessed some of the data stored inside the U.S. stealth RQ-170 captured in December 2011. Continue reading
MicroLink Devices New High Efficiency Solar Sheet Powers Raven
MicroLink Devices, Inc. announced that it has developed a lightweight, flexible, high-efficiency solar sheet suitable for powering small electrical equipment and extending flight times of small unmanned systems. Continue reading
DC3′s with Mustang and Spitfire Fighter Escort
Two Douglas DC-3’s (a.k.a C-47 Dakota) are seen displaying at the Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow in New Zealand last year, along with a fighter escort of two Spitfires and two P-51 Mustangs. Continue reading