A US MQ-9 Reaper crash-landed at the Seychelles main airport and careered into the ocean on Wednesday. Continue reading
DARPA Director Regina Dugan to Join Google
“What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?” asks Regina Dugan, then director of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Continue reading
Kyrgyzstan Requests American UAS
Kyrgyz officials have asked a U.S. military delegation for unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
US State Department Wants Own UAS Fleet
The US State Department wants to acquire its own fleet of unmanned aircraft to help protect diplomats posted to Iraq and other dangerous countries and in March, issued a request for proposals for contractors to provide the aircraft, crew and support on a turnkey basis. Continue reading
Electric Shocks to Brain Accelerate RPA Pilot Learning Process
Scientists at the Mind Research Network (MRN) in Albuquerque, NM have demonstrated that Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (TDCS) enhances learning when applied to the inferior frontal and temporal cortices. Continue reading
ScanEagle Flies with Hydrogen-Powered Fuel Cell
Insitu Inc. announced that its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) successfully completed its first hydrogen-powered fuel cell flight during a two-and-a-half-hour flight test. Continue reading
Flying Car Flies
Dutch company PAL-V Europe NV has released this video [below] of successful test flights of it’s flying car, PAL-V (Personal Air and Land Vehicle). Continue reading
Elbit Launches IMACS – A Solutions Suit to Protect Maritime Strategic Facilities
Elbit Systems has launched an Integrated Maritime Awareness Concept and Solution (IMACS) suit, developed to answer the unique defense requirements of maritime infrastructure facilities, such as oil and gas rigs. Continue reading