The US Air Force last week issued a broad agency announcement soliciting white papers for a program designed to draw quick, innovative solutions to various service needs — mostly from small businesses. Continue reading
Felix Baumgartner Breaks Hits Mach 1.24 (834 mph) in 24 Mile Free Fall Jump from the Edge of Space
Austrian Felix Baumgartner has broken the record for the highest ever skydive by jumping out of a balloon 128,000ft (24 miles, 39km) above New Mexico. Continue reading
US & Israel Plan “Limited Surgical Strikes” on Iranian Enrichment Facility Before Presidential Elections
David Rothkopf, a former Clinton administration official has written an article on the Foreign Policy website stating that U.S. and Israel have decided on a limited surgical strike on the alleged Iranian enrichment facilities.
Indonesia Develops UAS to Monitor Border Regions
A small green aircraft flew in the blue sky over the Halim Perdanakusuma airbase in East Jakarta on Thursday morning.
Hezbollah Claims it Sent UAS Over Israel
The leader of the Shia militant movement Hezbollah in Lebanon said his group is responsible for launching a UAS into Israel last week, and Iranians made it. Continue reading
Oculus Systems Markets Huginn X-1 Nano UAS in the UK
Oculus Systems Ltd is pleased to announce that it has become the UK re-seller for the NANO UAS, Huginn X-1 (manufactured by Sky-Watch in Denmark). Continue reading
US Navy’s New ScanEagle Compact Launch and Recovery System Uses Compressed-Air Launcher
A shipboard-capable system designed to support both the launch and recovery of the Scan Eagle successfully completed final demonstration flight testing Sept. 27 at a testing range in eastern Oregon. Continue reading
US Navy Wants Lasers to Destroy Incoming UAS
The US Navy is confident that laser cannons will move out of science fiction and onto the decks of its surface ships by the end of the decade. Continue reading