ICAO’s first regional UAS Seminar took place in Lima, Peru on 18-20 April 2012. This successful event was organised by the ICAO South American Regional Office in cooperation with UVS International and featured 26 speakers from ICAO, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USA. Continue reading
MQ-1 Predator Gets Custom-Built AVGAS Trucks
Holloman Air Force Base is home to the first two new aviation gasoline trucks in Air Combat Command’s inventory that were specifically designed to support the MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft. Continue reading
Xandem’s Security Sensors Can See Through Walls
Xandem founder Joey Wilson shows off the company’s motion-detecting sensor nodes.
Xandem is building a new kind of all-seeing motion-detection system that’s poised to shake up the security market. Continue reading
DARPA Seeks Radar That ‘Sees’ Through Clouds
DARPA is looking for partners to develop a radar detection system that can lock onto moving targets even through clouds and dust, according to a contracting document. Continue reading
MQ-9 Reaper Operations – Video
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