Twenty journalists, policy and legal specialists and aerospace technology experts gathered at the Institute on Oct 22 to discuss challenges posed by the use of unmanned aircraft in news gathering. Continue reading
IAI/Tamam Launches New Line of HD Optronic Stabilised Payloads for UAS
Israel Aerospace Industries’ Tamam Division (IAI/Tamam) has launched a new line of True High Definition (HD) Day and Night Stabilized Optronic Payloads Continue reading
GA-ASI Successfully Tests Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)-Based Surveillance System on Guardian
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced the successful demonstration of an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)-based surveillance system that provides pilots with enhanced situational awareness and supports GA-ASI’s overall airborne sense-and-avoid architecture for its Predator B. Continue reading
Boeing Non-kinetic Missile Records 1st Operational Test Flight
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Directed Energy Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., successfully tested the Counter-electronics High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP) during a flight over the Utah Test and Training Range that was monitored from Hill Air Force Base. Continue reading
European UAS Sense-and-Avoid System to Begin Trial Flights by Year-End
First test flights are imminent for a European effort to develop an automated sense-and-avoid mid-air collision avoidance system that would help overcome safety concerns preventing use of unmanned aircraft in civilian airspace. Continue reading
Israel, Russia & Iran Violate UN Embargo by Selling UAS to Armenia, Azerbaijan
The UN and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) have long imposed a non-binding arms embargo on both Armenia and Azerbaijan, and both are under a de facto arms ban from the United States. Continue reading
R3 Engineering (R3E) Performs First Autonomous UAS ADS-B Collision Avoidance Demo
R³ Engineering LLC (R³E) is claiming the first ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast) based, fully autonomous collision avoidance sequence, executed by a sense and avoid system installed on an unmanned aircraft system. Continue reading
Queensland Remotely Piloted Aircraft Surf Lifesaving Patrols Not Yet Approved
The Australian Government Civil Aviation Safety Authority has issued a statement to the effect that it has not yet given approval for a trial of aerial surf lifesaving patrols in south east Queensland using remotely piloted aircraft. Continue reading