Thales UK has been picking up the cost of providing the British Army with a key intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) capability in Afghanistan for more than a year, as a result of the late delivery of its Watchkeeper unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Continue reading
Access to Internationally Registered UAS/RPAS-related Patents – A New Service for the International RPAS Community
www.uas-patents.org is now online. The purpose of this web site, which has been developed by Blyenburgh & Co, France, is to supply information on patents concerning unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)/remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) that are registered with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, and to make these patents and certain relevant search features, accessible to the global UAS/RPAS community, as well as to other possibly interested parties. Continue reading
DARPA Tests V-Bat VTOL UAS with 6-Foot Arm
The U.S. military recently tested a hovering UAS ability to attach its claw at the end of a 6 foot arm, to a target object. Continue reading
Kairos Autonomi Launches Self-Cleaning Camera Filter for Unmanned Vehicles
Kairos Autonomi, Inc., developer of the Pronto4 Robotic Appliqué Kit, has introduced a Camera Roll-off Filter to use along with its Pronto4 Robotic Appliqué Kit. Continue reading
Planes without Pilots – Designing UAS Devices: Jamey Jacob at TEDxOStateU
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Oklahoma State University Professor Jamey Jacob is part of the university’s UAS team that designs and develops innovative unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
Iran Claims it Decoded Data from Captured CIA RQ-170
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on Monday said it has decoded all of the data from an advanced CIA unmanned surveillance aircraft captured last year. Continue reading
FAA Grants Grand Forks County (North Dakota) Sheriff’s Department COA for Draganflyer
On November 27, 2012 the Federal Aviation Administration issued the Grand Forks County (North Dakota) Sheriff’s Department a Certificate of Authorization (COA) permitting the operation of a Draganflyer X6 small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) within the 16 counties located in northeastern North Dakota. Continue reading
BlueBird Sells SkyLite in Africa
BlueBird has won a contract to supply its products to an undisclosed African country. Continue reading