The next decade could see a huge shift in the way armed unmanned aircraft and their human controllers interact, with potentially profound effects on future battlefields.
Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency to Develop UAS to Measure Radioactivity
Japan’s atomic energy authority and the country’s space agency has announced a joint project to develop an unmanned aircraft to measure radioactivity in the environment after last year’s nuclear disaster. Continue reading
Putin Serious About Expanding UAS Fleet
During a defence budget meeting last Thursday after visiting a base in southern Russia, newly-re-elected President Vladimir Putin said “We need a programme for unmanned aircraft.”
A Day in the Life of X-47B UCAS – Video
Northrop Grumman just posted this video which is a visual summary of activities associated with the recent flight testing of X-47B Air Vehicle Two (AV-2) at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Continue reading
US Air Force Cancels Blue Devil 2
The $211 million Blue Devil 2 airship, built for the Air Force by the tiny, Virginia-based company Mav6, is slated for dismantling and storage, bringing to an ignominious end a two-year saga of technological ambition, bureaucratic waffling and vicious politicking. Continue reading
Turkish Aerospace Industries to Showcase Anka Flight at Anniversary Ceremony
The Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is preparing to showcase its Anka and T-129, the national attack helicopter developed in cooperation with Italians, at a ceremony on June 28.
Exhaust-Heat Thermoelectric Generator Converts Waste Energy into Electrical Power in Flight.
A team of engineers at Electronic Cooling Solutions worked with John Langley and engineers at Ambient Micro to build an exhaust-heat thermoelectric generator (EHTEG) that can be incorporated into a UAS design to harvest and convert waste energy into electrical power in flight. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Unveils Triton – US Navy’s First MQ-4C BAMS
Northrop Grumman Corporation unveiled the first U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) in a ceremony on Friday at Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, California, manufacturing facility.