FAA will hold two webinars scheduled to discuss the identification of six test ranges/sites for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) integration into the NAS. Continue reading
L-3 Selected for Ultra Wide Field of View Persistent Imaging Surveillance Sensor Development
L-3 Integrated Optical Systems announced that it has been selected by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for the next phase of the Ultra Wide Field of View Wide Area Airborne Surveillance Sensor (WAASS) development programme. Continue reading
CSC Gets US Navy Video as a Service Contract for UAS
The U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded CSC an Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) contract to deliver streaming Video as a Service. Continue reading
AeroVironment Adds Sentient’s Kestrel Land MTI Software Solution to sUAS
AeroVironment has added Sentient’s Kestrel Land MTI software solution to AV’s family of small UAS by automatically detecting moving objects in electro-optical (EO) and infrared (IR) full motion video (FMV). Continue reading
India May Need 6 to 8 Northrop MQ-4C BAMS
To ensure continuous coverage of its oceanic frontiers, the Indian navy would need six to eight Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Continue reading
K-State University Hosts Commercial and Civil Small UAS Conference
The Commercial and Civil Small UAS Conference hosted by Kansas State University and the Kansas Adjutant General’s Department, will take place on Tuesday, June 12 in Wichita, Kansas. Continue reading
2012 Army Aviation Association of America Conference in Nashville
Major General Anthony G. Crutchfield, Commanding General of the US Army Aviation Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker
The military’s budget may shrink, but the outlook on Army aviation is optimistic, said the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence. Continue reading
NASA Tests Supersonic Aircraft Without Boom
Photo: Boeing
NASA is claiming a breakthrough in quiet supersonic aircraft, with successful wind tunnel tests of designs that combine low sonic boom and low cruise drag – characteristics once thought to be mutually exclusive. Continue reading