Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University in Tainan successfully flew an unmanned aircraft powered by a turbojet engine last week. Continue reading
X-56A Tests Active Flutter Suppression
This is a more recent picture of the X-56A – the latest ‘X’ plane unveiled by the United States Air Force and NASA. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Gets $34M US Air Force Contract
The US Air Force has awarded General Atomics Aeronautical Systems a $38.4 million contract for unmanned aircraft, the Defense Department announced last week. Continue reading
ICAO’s Asia/Pacific Civil/Military Cooperation Seminar & Workshop
The ICAO Asia/Pacific Civil/Military Cooperation Seminar & Workshop took place at the regional headquarters of ICAO in Bangkok, Thailand from 28 February to 1 March 2012. Continue reading
US Government Accountability Office Critical of Overlaps in Defence Department’s UAS Programme
The US Government Accountability Office just published its 2012 Annual Report. It found evidence of duplication, overlap, or fragmentation among federal government programmes – one of the defence areas highlighted is unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
Autonomous Interacting Flying Robots Presentation at TED 2012
This video shows the full version of Vijay Kumar’s presentation at the recent TED2012 Conference, which terminates with the James Bond sequence. Continue reading
Cassidian Plans More Barracuda Flight Tests in 2012
Cassidian has confirmed plans to launch a new flight-test campaign with its Barracuda unmanned combat aircraft technology demonstrator later this year. Continue reading
Iran’s Mohajer Family of UAS
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The Mohajer family of reconnaissance and surveillance UAS emerged during the later stages of the Iran-Iraq war as improvised UAS but have since evolved. Continue reading