The Marine Corps’ RQ-7 Shadow can’t handle the intense summer heat in Afghanistan, forcing units to rely instead on smaller aircraft for most daytime missions, according to an internal review of air operations in the war zone. Continue reading
Predator and Reaper Training Flights at Creech Air Force Base
This footage, just posted on YouTube, shows MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft participating in training operations. Continue reading
UAS Drive Growth in Small Precision Missiles Market
Increased use of unmanned aircraft is driving demand for smaller precision-attack weapons. Continue reading
Swarming Synchronised Nano Quadrocopters
Recent experiments performed with a team of nano quadrocoptors developed by the University of Pennsylvania GRASP Lab and KMel Robotics have produced these impressive results. Continue reading
Insitu Scan Eagle $41M Contract Option Exercised
Insitu, Inc. is being awarded a $41,090,719 ceiling priced modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-11-C-0061) to exercise an option for operational and maintenance services in support of the ScanEagle unmanned aerial systems. Continue reading
K-Max Operations in Afghanistan – Video
Lockheed Martin just posted this new video about the K-Max deployment to Afghanistan. Within 75 days of being shipped out it was undertaking its first resupply mission. Continue reading
UNOSAT Gets Microdrones Quadrocopter
UNOSAT took delivery today of its second UAS in a little over one month, this time a so-called quadrocopter. Continue reading
Elbit’s Hermes 900 Makes First Appearance at Singapore 2012 Air Show
Elbit Systems‘ Hermes 900 multi-mission UAS will make its first real-size appearance at the upcoming Singapore Air Show, which takes place from February 14 to 19, 2012. Continue reading