This 15-minute video shows an MQ-9 Reaper taking off and landing at Wheeler Sack Army Airfield (WSAAF) at Fort Drum, New York on 05 April 2012. Continue reading
AeroVironment Gets $5.5M Puma Contract from US Marines
AeroVironment has announced that the U.S. Marine Corps is the first military service to adopt four different small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from the company with the receipt of a firm fixed-price order valued at $5,558,479 for the RQ-20A Puma AE through an existing U.S. Army contract. Delivery is scheduled within two weeks. Continue reading
DARPA HTV-2 – Aeroshell Degradation Caused Flight Termination
An unexpected degree of aero-shell degradation was “the most probable cause” of the premature flight termination of DARPA’s Hypersonic Technology Vehicle during a flight over the Pacific Ocean last August, according to the findings of the agency’s independent engineering review board. Continue reading
Swiss UAV Goes ATOL
Swiss UAV has signed a contract with EADS Astrium to implement the “DeckFinder” relative positioning system for high-precision landings on moving ground on its Neo series. Continue reading
NASA Dryden Project Highlights – Video
This video was just posted showing a quick overview of some of the projects being worked on at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center. Continue reading
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta Dismisses Iran’s RQ-170 Claims
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has dismissed Tehran’s claims that it has recovered data from the RQ-170 that went down in Iran late last year. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Gets $262M US Navy Contract for Firescout MQ-8C Version
Northrop Grumman has received a new $262.3 million contract to develop and build a new MQ-8C version of the Firescout unmanned rotorcraft, the US Navy announced on 23 April. Continue reading
FAA Releases Info on US Domestic UAS Activity
View Map of Domestic Drone Authorizations in a larger Google map. Continue reading