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This machine, known as the Great Ball Contraption (GBC), was built by a Japanese mechanical engineer in his house over the course of two years — a total of a whopping 600 hours in construction time. Continue reading
UAS Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 Fleet Saved
F-15 Eagle
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Harrier Operations from USS Bataan
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Video by Cpl. Chris Stone 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit AV-8B Harriers assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 Reinforced, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct daytime touch and go landings on the flight deck of the USS Bataan (LHD 5) off the coast of North Carolina, Dec. 15, 2012. Continue reading
Only Two Bidders for UK Maritime UAS Contract
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) will choose between rival unmanned aircraft system (UAS) solutions from Boeing and Cassidian to meet its Maritime UAS (MarUAS) urgent operational requirement (UOR). Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Gets $7M BAMS Support Contract
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Aerospace Systems, Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $7,224,945 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-08-C-0023) in support of the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) System Development and Demonstration. Continue reading
Christmas Shadow UAS
…somewhere in the field…. Continue reading
Crowd-Funded UAS Campaign to Save White Rhinos in Kenya
At the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, there are 4 Northern White rhinos. Those 4 rhinos constitute 57% of the total North White rhino population – there are only 7 in the world. And those rhinos are under constant threat due to strong demand for rhino horns – which in parts of the world are thought to (but don’t) have healing powers. Continue reading