Israel Aerospace Industries has doubled the endurance of its BirdEye-650 unmanned aircraft system to 6 hours through the use of a fuel cell power pack. Continue reading
NASA Flight Tests Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Device
NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center flew its Ikhana MQ-9 unmanned aircraft with an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, or ADS-B, device, for the first time on March 15. Continue reading
US May Base Global Hawk on Cocos Islands, Australia
Australia’s Cocos Islands territory could be used as a staging point for flights by United States unmanned surveillance aircraft over the South China Sea. Continue reading
Fat Head Solutions – a New One-Stop Shop for the sUAS Market
A new company, Fat Head Solutions, LLC with bases in Wichita Kansas and two other major operating locations, will provide low cost, high value, and complete subsystem solutions for small unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
Miniature Heated Pitot-Static Probe from UAV Factory
UAV Factory has developed a miniature heated Pitot-Static probe, intended to expand the operational envelope of its Penguin B UAS. Continue reading
Visionmap Introduces Advanced EO Payload
MIST, an advanced EO payload designed for mapping and wide area aerial surveillance was displayed for the first time at the AUVSI Israel event in Tel Aviv. Continue reading
Bangalore Students Qualify for SAE Aero Design Challenge
An unmanned aircraft, built by Team Vyoma, a group of engineering students and professionals from RV College of Engineering in Bangalore, will feature in the SAE Aero Design Challenge 2012, an international aero design competition conducted by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) in collaboration with NASA and Lockheed Martin. Continue reading
Weight Threshold Determines Who Flies US Navy UAS
The US Navy has set a weight-based threshold for who will operate unmanned aircraft, with UAS weighing more than 55 pounds (25 Kilos) being operated as adjuncts to manned systems, while operators of lighter aircraft will come from other corners of the service. Continue reading