In December, MIT Media Lab researchers caused a stir by releasing a slow-motion video of a burst of light traveling the length of a plastic bottle. Continue reading
India Deploys UAS Against Maoist/Naxalite Rebels
The Indian government said on Tuesday that it has begun using unmanned aircraft in Naxal-affected areas of the country. Continue reading
Sanford McDonnell, Aerospace Leader, Dies at 89
Sanford N. McDonnell, who succeeded his uncle as chairman of the aerospace company McDonnell Douglas and, through the 1980s, modernized its management systems, remade the corporate culture and sharply increased earnings, died on Monday at his home in Clayton, Mo. He was 89. Continue reading
C-130 Cargo Plane Hits RQ-7 Shadow in Afghanistan – New Photos
Defense Tech just published some new photos of that C-130H that collided with an RQ-7 Shadow over Afghanistan last year. Continue reading
The Fate of the Unwanted Global Hawk Block 30s
The US Air Force intends to place six of the Global Hawk Block 30 remotely piloted aircraft that it doesn’t want to operate beyond Fiscal 2012 into non-recoverable storage and another 12 into recoverable storage, said Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz on Tuesday. Continue reading
UAS Technologies Selects Simlat Training Sytems
UAS 20
Simlat has been selected by UAS Technologies as its primary training systems provider for the UAS20 advanced unmanned platform. Continue reading
DARPA Solicits ‘Innovative Solutions’ for Sensor Network to Monitor the Arctic
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative research proposals for technology supportive of Arctic situation awareness. Continue reading
Spain: Budget Cuts Force INSA to Merge with ISDEFE
The Spanish Government approved last Friday, March 16th a plan to restructure the public sector, which affected 49 companies, including INSA (Ingeniería y Servicios Aerospaciales S.A.). Continue reading