General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is being awarded $26,767,748 firm-fixed-price (86 percent) cost plus incentive fee (14 percent) contract for the Predator Primary Data Link configuration upgrades on MD-1A/B ground control station retrofit kits. Continue reading
Syrian Rebels Display Captured Iranian UAS
In this video, Syrian rebels show off three small, unmanned surveillance aircraft that they say they downed. Continue reading
International Guidelines on UAS Use for Law Enforcement
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) has adopted guidelines for the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in law enforcement applications. Continue reading
MIT Algorithms Enable Autonomous UAS Fly to Indoors without GPS
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For decades, academic and industry researchers have been working on control algorithms for autonomous helicopters — robotic helicopters that pilot themselves, rather than requiring remote human guidance. Continue reading
UTC Announces New Short Wave Infra Red Camera
UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., has introduced its next generation Sensors Unlimited shortwave infrared (SWIR) digital video camera. Continue reading
Aurora’s Additive Manufacturing Wing
Aurora Flight Sciences‘ 3D wing, designed by Aurora and built with additive manufacturing technology developed by Stratasys Inc., was showcased at last week’s announcement of the new National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII) by senior officials of the Obama administration. Continue reading
AAI Gets $46.5M Shadow Data Link Retrofit Kits Contract from US Army
AAI Corp. was awarded a $46,524,041 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure tactical command data link retrofit kits for the Shadow Unmanned Aircraft System. Continue reading
Hypersonic Unmanned Aircraft Breaks Up Seconds Into Test Flight
An experimental X-51A Waverider hypersonic aircraft, designed to fly six times the speed of sound, broke apart over the Pacific Ocean seconds into a military test flight after a control fin malfunctioned during a test shot off the California coast the U.S. Air Force said on Wednesday. Continue reading