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Dassault Aviation and BAE Systems are waiting for the British and French governments to decide whether to sign a 40 million euro technology development contract for their long-awaited Medium-Altitude, Long Endurance (MALE) UAS, according to Eric Trappier, Dassault’s Head of International Affairs.
A Jetstream aircraft known as ‘The Flying Test Bed’, which can fly as if it were a UAS , is undergoing a series of flight trials in preparation for the first maiden flight of a surrogate UAS in UK shared airspace later this year. Continue reading
Olaeris, Inc. has unveiled a new VTOL Unmanned Aircraft System named AEVA that has been specifically developed for domestic emergency responders including fire, police and rescue workers. Continue reading
RT Logic, a subsidary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., has launched its newest, most powerful and widest bandwidth RF Channel Simulator. Continue reading
Catia Version 5 Isometric view of the Model AircraftThe Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange at the University of Tennessee has just published an Honours Thesis Project on Humanitarian Response Unmanned Aircraft System (HR-UAS). Continue reading
Mohajer 2The manager of Venezuela’s UAS programme is an engineer who helped build ballistic missiles for Iran. Continue reading
Boeing has announced the successful de-orbit and landing of the second X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) for the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office. Continue reading
SPI Corp‘s industry focus on PTZ systems led to the development of the M1-D Thermal PTZ – a “lightweight, low cost EO/IR platform, it is being marketed to UAS manufacturers as a viable solution to meet the new FAA streamlined regulations. Continue reading