Boeing’s Phantom Eye UAS completed its first autonomous flight June 1 at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Continue reading
Aeronautics Get $50m Orbiter Contract from Russia
Russia could be buying more unmanned aircraft from Israel as part of a new $50 million package negotiated with Israel’s third UAS manufacturer Aeronautics Ltd. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Honoured By AIAA
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. announced that it was recently honoured by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) with a local award for outstanding aerospace management. Continue reading
Solar Impulse Flies from Madrid to Rabat, Morocco Today
Solar Impulse HB-SIA successfully completed its first leg of its voyage to Kingdom of Morocco after a technical stop in Madrid on Thursday 24 of May. Continue reading
RPAS 2012 – EUROCAE WG93 on Light RPAS: Introduction & Objectives
On the second day of UVS International’s RPAS 2012 Conference in Paris on June 5 – 7, Ron van de Leijgraaf, from Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, the Netherlands (on behalf of EUROCAE WG 93) will deliver his presentation on “WG on Light RPAS: Introduction & Objectives”.
AeroVironment Gets $15.8 Million Initial Order from US Army for RQ-11B Raven
AeroVironment, Inc. announced it received a $15,813,406 firm fixed-price authorization to perform on May 22, 2012 from the United States Army as the initial portion of a contract action with a total projected value of $65,889,191. Continue reading
Gun-Toting Texan Protesters use UAS for Target Practice
Following columnist Charles Krauthammer’s observation that the first person to shoot down a surveillance drone on US soil will be a “folk hero,” gun enthusiasts in Texas have done precisely that as a protest. Continue reading
Predator Crash in Khandahar Caused by Loss of Engine Coolant
Loss of engine coolant caused the crash of an MQ-1B Predator Jan. 30, 2012, in Afghanistan, according to an Air Combat Command Abbreviated Accident Investigation Board report released May 29, 2012. Continue reading