The Polish Ministry of National Defence has cancelled a contract concluded in 2010 with the Israeli company Aeronautics Defense Systems for the supply of Aerostar medium-range unmanned aircraft. The company has once again failed to meet deadlines, in spite of their postponement for two years. Continue reading
UAS Nordic Conference – Oslo 13th November 2012
The UAS Nordic Conference (UNC 12) is the largest Nordic UAS conference and provides in a single day full overview of what is going on in unmanned flight. It will take place on 13th November 2012 in Oslo Congress Centre in Youngstorget, near the central communications and accommodation at Oslo S. Continue reading
Denel Launches Low-Cost Hungwe for African Market
South Africa’s Denel is developing a new unmanned aircraft for the African market called the Hungwe. Continue reading
UK Police Chief Welcomes UAS for Policing Duties
Unmanned aircraft should be used to police Britain’s skies, a senior police officer said yesterday. Continue reading
French Civil Aviation Authority Awards First UAS Authorisation to Fly Over 100KM in Civil Airspace
French Civil Aviation Authority, the DGAC, awarded Delair-Tech the first authorisation ever issued to a UAS company in France, for a civil UAS to fly over 100 km in French airspace. Continue reading
Navmar Applied Sciences Gets $41M US Navy Tiger Shark Persistant Stare Contract
Navmar Applied Sciences is being awarded a $41,463,854 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, cost reimbursable contract for a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Project under Topics N92-170 “Laser Detection and Ranging Identification Demonstration”, N94-178 “Air Deployable Expendable Multi-parameter Environmental Probe”, and AF083-006 “Low Cost Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)”. Continue reading
Sinclair Community College Gets New sUAS
Sinclair Community College has recently purchased “The Micro,” a small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS) from UTC Aerospace Systems. Continue reading
Aurora’s Skate Embeds With Massachusetts SWAT Team
Aurora Flight Sciences recently signed an agreement with the Boston area Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council (MetroLEC) to establish a programme to evaluate Aurora’s Skate Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) by their Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) operations. Continue reading