A disagreement between Israel Aerospace Industries and the Israeli Air Force over the cause of a Heron TP (“Eitan”) unmanned aircraft crash on 29 January has resulted in the type remaining grounded.
Spanish University Creates 3D Images of Historical Buildings with UAS
University of Granada researchers have developed a 3D imaging system that scans 3D models of historical buildings using data obtained from an unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
NATO’s New UAS – Video
NATO is preparing to acquire five unmanned aircraft. With the support of resources on the ground they will allow the Alliance to develop its own ground defence capability. Continue reading
Orbital to Supply Heavy Fuel FlexDI Engines to AAI
Australia’s Orbital has announced that it has been contracted to supply heavy fuel engines for use in AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems’ (AAI) Aerosonde Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS). Continue reading
AeroVironment to Demonstrate Post Disaster Communications via UAS for FCC
AeroVironment is to employ its small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to demonstrate aerial communications capabilities for the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Continue reading
SOCOM’s UAS Programme on “Strategic Pause”
USSOCOM’s evaluation of the A160 Hummingbird UAS has been stalled since one of the platforms crashed in Belize in September 2010, said Army Col. Douglas Rombough, the program executive officer for rotary wing at USSOCOM.
University Multispectral Labs and Navmar Applied Sciences Team to Develop New Defence and Security Technologies
University Multispectral Laboratories (UML), a not-for-profit research, development, test, evaluation and training (RDT&E) institution serving a growing number of government agencies and military commands, announced that it has entered into a business collaboration agreement with Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation (NASC), Inc. to pursue joint scientific and commercialization projects for a wide range of potential defense, homeland security and energy technologies. Continue reading
Stark Announces New ISR Subsidiary
Stark Aerospace has established a new subsidiary, Stark Flight Services, to provide Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) services and focused operational support.