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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has introduced the Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance Simulator (TARS), a software-based training capability for Lynx Multi-mode Radar operators that can be run on a laptop computer. Continue reading
US Special Forces Command (SOCOM) selected the AAI Aerosonde to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) services. Continue reading
Idaho Power Co. fish biologist Phil Groves doesn’t want to see any more of his colleagues injured or killed in helicopter crashes while doing research. Continue reading
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will be hosting an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Community Forum on Thursday, March 8, 2012, from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm at its Prescott campus. Continue reading
An unmanned aircraft with a wingspan of 1.9 meters and weighing four kilograms – built by aeronautical and space engineering students at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology – won first place at a Tel Aviv Aviation and Space Conference. Continue reading
“Be nice to nerds…” – the opening line from Regina Dugan, the director of DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) at TED2012. Continue reading
An unmanned helicopter has crashed during a Police test flight near Houston. Continue reading
Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University in Tainan successfully flew an unmanned aircraft powered by a turbojet engine last week. Continue reading