A happy celebration video shoot of a La Vegas wedding turned horribly wrong when the Parrot AR Drone filming the event crashed into the world-renowned "Welcome To Las Vegas" sign. Continue reading
Delivery of Small Tactical Multi-Payload Aerostat System (STMPAS)
Carolina Unmanned Vehicles, Inc. (CUV) has announced the delivery of a new version of their Lightweight Aerostat System (LAS) for the Small Tactical Multi-Payload Aerostat System (STMPAS). Continue reading
Boeing Introduces Lightweight Intelligent Sensor Camera System
The Boeing Company introduced its Intelligent Sensor, a new camera system that provides defence and security customers with fully integrated video-processing capability. Continue reading
Boeing and Insitu Pacific Support Australia’s Outback Challenge UAS Competition
Boeing is encouraging the next generation of engineers and scientists to think innovatively about aerospace during this year’s unmanned aircraft Outback Challenge to be held during October in Kingaroy, Queensland. Continue reading
MQ-1 Predator Flew Search and Rescue Exercise in National Airspace
The US Air National Guard just announced that on May 7, 2012 the 163d Reconnaissance Wing took part in the Ardent Sentry Exercise which focused on Defense support of civil entities during a crisis situation. Continue reading
QinetiQ Helps UK MoD to Create UAS Evaluation Centre
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