“A drone is nothing more than a plane without a pilot,” Germany’s Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere told the daily “Die Welt” in an article on Saturday. Continue reading
US Court Upholds Unmanned Aircraft Use in Arrest of American Citizen
A North Dakota court has preliminarily upheld the first-ever use of an unmanned aircraft to assist in the arrest of an American citizen. Continue reading
Dynamics Research Corporation Gets $13M US Air Force Support Contract
Dynamics Research Corporation, a provider of management consulting, engineering, science and technology solutions to federal and state governments, yesterday announced it has been awarded a contract by the Army Contracting Command – National Capital Region to support the Air Force Medium Altitude Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program Office. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Procerus Technologies New QuadRotor VTOL UAS
Lockheed Martin Procerus Technologies’ has announced a new small vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system which can be deployed in just minutes. Continue reading
Brock Technologies, Inc. Redefines Small Portable Ground Control Stations
Brock Technologies, Inc. of Tucson, Arizona announced their latest innovation, the Micro Portable Ground Control Station (uPGCS). Continue reading
EURONAVAL Partners With UVS International
Organized under the joint patronage of the French Ministry of Defence and the Secretary of State for the Sea, the upcoming EURONAVAL exhibition will be held in France at the Paris – Le Bourget exhibition centre from 22 to 26 October 2012. Continue reading
Elbit Sells Hermes 900 and Hermes 450 UAS to Latin America for Tens of Millions of Dollars
Elbit Systems Ltd. and TASE: ESLT, announced over the weekend that it was awarded a contract valued at many tens of millions of dollars, to supply a Latin American customer with a mixed fleet of Hermes 900 and Hermes 450 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The contract will be performed over the next two years. Continue reading
Avian Mitigation Drones to Scare Seagulls in Idaho
Officials at the Pickles Butte Landfill in Caldwell, Idaho are using Avian Mitigation Drones, which, in other words, are remote-controlled eagles that are keeping the birds away from the landfill. Continue reading