Iran plans to put foreign UAS it has in its possession on display in the near future, according to an informed source close to the Tehran Times. Continue reading
Россия информационное агентство аэрофотоснимки демонстраций в Москве
Russia’s Ridus News Agency recently published an impressive series of hexacopter aerial shots of the demonstrations in Moscow’s Bolotnaya Square on December 10th. Continue reading
Model Airplane Hits Federal Building in Massachusetts
Last week a three-foot model airplane crashed into a federal building in Waltham, Massachusetts. Federal investigators from DHS and the FBI promptly began investigating the incident, but so far no evidence exists to suggest any foul play. Continue reading
Australian Research Mimics Visual Navigation of Insects
Research presented to this month’s Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation in Melbourne by Richard Moore of The Vision Centre and the University of Queensland shows that small UAS can use insect-like visual navigation for navigation. Continue reading
US Army Ends UAS Flights with Ground-Based Radar Only
The US Army has decided to shut down its first-ever effort to fly unmanned aircraft using just ground-based radar because the endeavor was taking up needed resources without providing enough benefits, according to an official leading the programme. Continue reading
US Air Force Report Highlights UAS Vulnerability to Cyber Attacks on GPS
A day after the announcement of the downing of a RQ-170 in Iran, the Public Intelligence website received an FOUO report entitled “Operating Next-Generation Remotely Piloted Aircraft for Irregular Warfare” published in April 2011 by the US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. Continue reading
Iran Hacked RQ-170 GPS – Fooled into Autopilot Landing in Iran
Iran guided the CIA’s “lost” RQ-170 to an intact landing inside hostile territory by exploiting a navigational weakness long-known to the US military, according to an Iranian engineer now working on the captured drone’s systems inside Iran. Continue reading
Cassidian and Alenia Team on Future UAS Projects
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Cassidian on behalf of EADS Deutschland GmbH and Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A. to jointly investigate the potential cooperation in the field of Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAV). Continue reading