The 370-foot-long (123 m), 1.4 million-cubic-foot (37,000 m3) Mav6 M1400 Blue Devil 2 is in final assembly at airship maker TCOM‘s hangar in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Despite rumours to the contrary, work is still very much underway, with sub-contractor Almaga Composites providing carbon fibre components for the project. Continue reading
Boeing Develops Off-Grid Refuelling for UAS
ITM Power has signed an Equipment Development and Lease Agreement with Boeing Research & Technology Europe S.L.U. for the development, assembly and field trials of a 1 Nm3/hour (2.1 kg/day) PEM electrolyser. Continue reading
Israeli UAS Squadron Special Exercise to Track Missing Pilots
Unmanned Aircraft System operators are used to searching for targets and gathering intelligence. But this time, they are not looking for suspicious vehicles, missile launchers, or ammunitions depots – but a parachute, an ejected seat, or an airplane crash site. Continue reading
Arlington Texas Forms Unmanned Aerial Systems Consortium
UTA researchers will gain access to a database of Department of Defense patents as part of a joint venture with the newly established Unmanned Aerial Systems Consortium. Continue reading
Privacy Groups Petition FAA On Domestic Use of UAS
More than 100 privacy groups, experts and individuals have petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration to address the impact of unmanned aircraft in the US as the agency moves to implement new rules for domestic use. Continue reading
Hexacopter Films Inside Dutch Parliament Building
Aerial photography company Aerialtronics, based in The Hague, Netherlands, just posted this scoop video taken of one of its Altura Hexacopters flying inside the Dutch Parliament. Continue reading
SAGEM Gets Sperwer Maintenance Contract Extension
SAGEM has signed a contract with SIMMAD, the Maintenance Organisation of the French Ministry of Defence, to provide in-service maintenance for the Sperwer tactical unmanned aircraft system deployed by the French Army. Continue reading
Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences 2012
Israel Aerospace Industries will present new solutions for landing and take off of Unmanned Aircraft System, implemented in the Panther, at the 52nd Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences. Continue reading

