A delayed recovery caused a tethered aerostat radar system (TARS) to break away and crash during high winds Feb. 14 in Marfa, Texas, according to an accident investigation board report released by Air Combat Command May 29, 2012. Continue reading
Orville, the Dead Cat, Flies
A Dutch artist has turned his dead cat Orville, named after the famous aviator Orville Wright, into a helicopter – dubbed the Orvillecopter. Continue reading
NASA Mission Sending Unmanned Aircraft Over Hurricanes
NASA’s Global Hawk over Edwards Air Force Base – Photo: NASA / Carla Thomas
Beginning this summer and over the next several years, NASA will be sending unmanned aircraft dubbed “severe storm sentinels” above stormy skies to help researchers and forecasters uncover information about hurricane formation and intensity changes. Continue reading
RPAS 2012 – Non-Military RPAS: The Privacy Issues
Peter La Franchi is an internationally respected unmanned systems sector analyst and former unmanned aviation editor of Flight International magazine. Continue reading
RPAS 2012 – United States UAS Executive Committee: Progress Report
Jeffery E. Bauer is NASA’s liaison for Unmanned Aircraft System airspace integration activities. He serves on the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Executive Committee Senior Steering Group. Continue reading
RPAS 2012 – Operational Experience in Afghanistan – British Army
Lieutenant-Colonel Craig Palmer has been Commanding Officer of the 32nd Regiment Royal Artillery since May 2011 – the unit that operates a variety of UAS in support of UK ground forces in Afghanistan. Continue reading
RPAS 2012 – Operational Experience in Afghanistan – French Army
Colonel Gilles Randreau was the officer in charge of UAS programmes in the Army staff, from 2008 to 2011. In 2011, he became the commanding officer of the 61st Artillery Regiment. Continue reading
RPAS 2012 – Operational Experience in Afghanistan – German Army
Bjoern Symank is a former German Army Aviation Captain who entered service in 1997 and went through several operational deployments as a transport helicopter pilot. Continue reading