The US Navy made history July 30 after it conducted the Naval Air Station Patuxent River’s initial flight of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D). Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Sea Ghost Jet UCLASS UAS – Update
Lockheed Martin released the first official teaser image of its Sea Ghost jet-powered UAS. Along with previously disclosed designs from rivals Boeing, Northrop Grumman and General Atomics, the Sea Ghost will go head-to-head for a Navy contract to put fast, stealthy, missile- and bomb-armed UAS on the decks of aircraft carriers by 2018. Continue reading
Cornell University Researchers Develop Anti-Spoofing Technolgy for GPS
Global positioning system (GPS) technology is everywhere — and Cornell researchers have known for years that it can be hacked, or as they call it, “spoofed.” The best defence, they say, is to create countermeasures that unscrupulous GPS spoofers can not deceive. Continue reading
UAS in Montana Help Map Sources of Geothermal Energy
A new method of mapping geothermal energy is taking flight in Montana – Dewhurst Group LLC, a geothermal exploration company with offices in Montana City, is developing sensors fixed aboard small unmanned helicopters to survey geothermal sources from the air. Continue reading
University of North Dakota Hosts International Student UAS Competition
Nearly 100 university students in 15 teams from around the world will be competing next week at UND to see who has the best unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
U.S. Air Force Academy Continues to Mature
Cadets participating in Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training aren’t alone. Throughout the day, winged guardians watch over them, protecting them from harm. Continue reading
UK Royal Air Force Personnel Operated American UAS over Libya
British Royal Air Force personnel operated American UAS over Libya last year in support of the NATO mission there, the Ministry of Defence said last Thursday. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Reveals Sea Ghost Concept for USN UCLASS Programme
Lockheed Martin has revealed a new concept aircraft it calls the Sea Ghost that it will propose for the US Navy’s forthcoming unmanned carrier launched surveillance and strike (UCLASS) aircraft.