AeroVironment, Inc. announced that it received $16,472,298 in additional funding to perform on Aug. 10, 2012 from the United States Army under a contract action with a total projected value of $65,889,191. The company announced the initial $15.8 million funding of that contract action on June 1, 2012. Continue reading
NASA’s Global Hawk Mission Begins with Flight to Hurricane Leslie
NASA has begun its latest hurricane science field campaign by flying an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft over Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic Ocean during a day-long flight from California to Virginia. Continue reading
New Energy Carbon Fibre UAS Manufactured in Shenyang
Early this month, Liaoning General Aviation Academy displayed China’s first carbon material fuel cell powered UAS “LEINIAO”. Continue reading
Unmanned Systems Group First Flight of Discoverer II
Unmanned Systems Group (UMS) has announced the maiden flight of the Discoverer II Remotely Piloted Air System on 3rd September 2012 from the Karlskoga airfield in Sweden. Continue reading
Miami-Dade Police Asks FAA for One-Year UAS License Extension
A year and a half ago, Miami-Dade Police Department received two Honeywell T-Hawks as part of a Department of Justice grant. It was the first large metro force in the nation to get these metallic eyes in the sky, and hoped to use them as support during hostage situations and police standoffs. Continue reading
Sea Shepherd UAS Captures Footage of Sealers in Namibia
At the crack of dawn the O.R.C.A Force successfully launched their unmanned aircraft to capture footage of the sealers at Cape Cross, Namibia. The images captured from the video stream shows the area of the seal reserve, the sealers stepping out of their vehicles and the full truck leaving the Cape Cross area to drive off to the seal processing factory. Continue reading
AeroVironment Posts 1st Quarter Loss of $1.4M
AeroVironment Inc. posted a first-quarter loss of $1.4 million, or 6 cents a share, brought on by decreased sales of its unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
Towards a European Strategy for the Development of Civil Applications of RPAS
The European Commission’s (EC) Staff Working Paper (SWD) entitled “Towards a European strategy for the development of civil applications of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems”, which summarizes the conclusions of its UAS Panel process and provides an understanding on the issues at stake, and the actions needed, was published on 4 September 2012. Continue reading