Goebler-Hirthmotoren KG (Hirth Motors) is launching a new UAS engine family based on Hirth’s 4102 100cc 2-stroke EFI engine that has flown over 15,000 successful missions in the EMT Luna UAS in Afghanistan and the Balkans. Continue reading
AAI Shadow(R) Tactical UAS Achieve 750,000 Flight Hours
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems announced yesterday that its Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS) achieved a landmark 750,000 total flight hours during a U.S. Army mission supporting combat operations in Afghanistan. Continue reading
Germany’s Defence Minister Has No Problem with Armed UAS
“A drone is nothing more than a plane without a pilot,” Germany’s Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere told the daily “Die Welt” in an article on Saturday. Continue reading
US Court Upholds Unmanned Aircraft Use in Arrest of American Citizen
A North Dakota court has preliminarily upheld the first-ever use of an unmanned aircraft to assist in the arrest of an American citizen. Continue reading
Dynamics Research Corporation Gets $13M US Air Force Support Contract
Dynamics Research Corporation, a provider of management consulting, engineering, science and technology solutions to federal and state governments, yesterday announced it has been awarded a contract by the Army Contracting Command – National Capital Region to support the Air Force Medium Altitude Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program Office. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Procerus Technologies New QuadRotor VTOL UAS
Lockheed Martin Procerus Technologies’ has announced a new small vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system which can be deployed in just minutes. Continue reading
Brock Technologies, Inc. Redefines Small Portable Ground Control Stations
Brock Technologies, Inc. of Tucson, Arizona announced their latest innovation, the Micro Portable Ground Control Station (uPGCS). Continue reading
EURONAVAL Partners With UVS International
Organized under the joint patronage of the French Ministry of Defence and the Secretary of State for the Sea, the upcoming EURONAVAL exhibition will be held in France at the Paris – Le Bourget exhibition centre from 22 to 26 October 2012. Continue reading