The Federal Aviation Administration authorized the Polk County Sheriff’s Office to fly an unmanned aircraft armed with a camera from August 2009 to August 2010.
Lockheed Martin Launches iPad App
After Boeing Aviation Innovation launched its Milestones in Aviation App, Lockheed Martin has launched its own iPad App entitled ‘LM Tomorrow’. Continue reading
Brazilian Companies Team on Mapping with UAS
ESTEIO Engenharia e Aerolevantamentos S.A. and Instituto Tecnológico SIMEPAR signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement that visualizes the joint action of these companies in the market of mapping and monitoring with the use of UAS platform. Continue reading
IAI Butterfly UAS Progresses
IAI is making progress in the development of its butterfly-shaped UAS weighing just 20 grams – the smallest in its range so far.
GA-ASI and UK Partners Demonstrate New Open Payload Architecture
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. , along with SELEX Galileo (a Finmeccanica company) and Cobham Aviation Services (Cobham), demonstrated a new open payload architecture during the Sovereign Payload Capability Demonstration (SPCD) held at GA-ASI’s Gray Butte Flight Operations Facilities in Palmdale, California. Continue reading
MAVinci’s Sirius 1 Flies at UVEX in Madrid
MAVinci’s Spanish UAS distributor Grupo Acre presented SIRIUS I, a UAS for civil applications and specialized for “Orthophotos and Mapping” at UVEX 12 in Madrid. Continue reading
AAI Offers Tactical Sensor Intelligence Sharing
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems now offers the Tac-SIS system to provide integrated aerial situational awareness for U.S. and international customers. Scalable and configurable, TacSIS builds upon AAI’s combat-proven One System. Continue reading
Elbit Announces LE Version of Skylark
Based on the operationally-proven Skylark I Unmanned Aircraft System currently used by many coalition partners, the LE version increases the system’s operational range to 15 km and the endurance to approximately 3 hours. Continue reading