Challis Heliplane UAV Inc. has launched a new high speed VTOL UAV. The Challis Heliplane UAV E950 features patented high speed Heliplane flight technology and has almost twice the flight speed of a conventional helicopter. Continue reading
RTI Connext Micro Undergoes Certification for Flight Safety-Critical Systems
Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the real-time infrastructure software company, has announced that RTI Connext Micro is undergoing certification for flight safety-critical systems. Continue reading
Iran Unveils Hovercraft That Launches Drones & Missiles
Iran has revealed a new domestically produced hovercraft called “Thunder” that will operate in the Persian Gulf and can launch surveillance drones and missiles. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Acquires Chandler/May, Inc.
Lockheed Martin announced the acquisition of Chandler/May, Inc., a company that specializes in the design, development, integration, manufacturing, and support of fully integrated mission critical systems for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (C4ISR) missions. Continue reading
Sukhoi to Build Strike and Reconnaissance Unmanned Aircraft
Russian aircraft maker Sukhoi is to focus on creating reconnaissance and strike unmanned aircraft in the near future, United Aircraft Corporation President Mikhail Pogosyan said at the Zhuhai Airshow China exhibition on Tuesday. Continue reading
Unmanned Aircraft System Testing at Oliktok, Alaska
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In late October 2012, a flight team from New Mexico State University, assisted by engineers from Sandia National Laboratories, completed the first in a series of test flights to evaluate various unmanned aircraft systems in the frigid Arctic conditions at the North Slope of Alaska. Continue reading
University of North Dakota Launches First Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research Compliance Committee
In a timely and innovative move, the University of North Dakota (UND)–offering the nation’s first and only fully accredited undergraduate degree in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations–has formed the nation’s first UAS Research Compliance Committee in anticipation of federal plans to regulate related privacy issues. Continue reading
Iran Claims American UAS Were Spying On Oil Tankers
Iran is now claiming that United States was spying on Iranian oil tankers in the Persian Gulf off of Iran’s shores. Continue reading