QinetiQ is working with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to establish a new Unmanned Air Systems Capability Development Centre (UASCDC) to support the rapid development of UAS programmes from concept to deployment. Continue reading
Texas University UAS Study Natural Resources Land Use Conversation and Stewardship
The River Systems Institute at Texas State is conducting unmanned aviation research under a $260,000 two-year grant from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Continue reading
AAI Gets $84M US Army Shadow Services Contract
AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, Md., was awarded an $84,199,781 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for services in support of the Shadow 200 unmanned aircraft system. Continue reading
Alenia Aermacchi Sky-Y Displayed at Farnborough
Alenia Aermacchi was again displaying its Sky-Y at Farnborough – a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Technologies Demonstrator – which first flew in June 2007. Continue reading
MIT Researchers Copy Nature to Improve Light Energy Conversion
Researchers at MIT explain how dye-based nanotubes can help harvest light’s energy – tiny cylinders help reveal how natural-light-harvesting antennae collect light with exceptional efficiency. Continue reading
L2 Aerospace and Cella Energy Develop Hydrogen Storage for UAS
L2 Aerospace and Cella Energy have teamed up to develop hydrogen storage technology for small, fuel-cell-powered unmanned aircraft systems and potentially other, larger manned and unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
SELEX Galileo Gets $140M Contract for Italian Part of NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Programme
SELEX Galileo has been awarded a contract worth €140 million by prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation as part of NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) programme. Continue reading
“Hypersonics – The New Stealth” – DARPA Announces Proposers’ Day
DARPA’s research and development in stealth technology during the 1970s and 1980s led to the world’s most advanced radar-evading aircraft, providing strategic national security advantage to the United States. Continue reading