Boeing just posted this video of its wind tunnel model shop in Seattle. Continue reading
UND to Host Flight Tests with NDSU and NASA for Automatic Sense and Avoid Research
The University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University have partnered with NASA, working on an automatic sense and avoid system for unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
France Considers MALE UAS Partnerships with Several Countries
France, which had favoured a joint project with Britain to build military UAS under the previous government, is looking at partnerships with other countries, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday, as he criticized the cost and effectiveness of the project with Great Britain. Continue reading
Lockheed’s Procerus Acquisition Acclerates Development in Small-UAS Market
Acquisition by defence giant Lockheed Martin in January has put Procerus Technologies, a manufacturer of avionics for small unmanned aircraft systems, on the product-development fast track. Continue reading
MotionDSP Gets $3M US Air Force Contract for GPU Technology
U.S. Air Force researchers are looking to image-processing expert MotionDSP Inc. in Burlingame, California, to use graphics processing unit (GPU) technology to enhance persistent-surveillance imagery gathered from sensors aboard unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
Swiss UAV Delivers VTOL Systems to 3 German Customers
Swiss UAV announced that it has delivered three new VTOL UA systems based on the all new „Mjolnir“ to end customers in Germany – DLR (ARTIS), ESG (UMAT) and the German ‚Bundeswehr’ (MUSECO). Continue reading
Police in Rio Use UAS to Control Drug Trade
A battalion of Special Forces (BOPE) from the Brazilian city of Rio do Janeiro started using unmanned aircraft air monitor the drugs trade and gangs in shanty towns surrounding the “marvellous city”. Continue reading
Fury 1500 Tactical UAS Achieves SATCOM Video Downlink, Delivers Beyond Line of Sight Capability
A Fury 1500 tactical unmanned aircraft system from AME Unmanned Air Systems (AME UAS) transmitted live, full-motion video to a ground terminal over a high-bandwidth commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) satellite communications (SATCOM) link. Continue reading