The first Çaldıran, produced by the Turkish Kale Kalıp-Baykar joint venture, has already completed production and the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) will start to deploy it next week. Continue reading
Cubewano Turns Heavy Fuel UAS Engine into Generator
UK Police Consider UAS for 2012 Olympics Surveillance
According to the UK’s Independent Newspaper, Scotland Yard is understood to have spoken to the Civil Aviation Authority over the use of small radio-controlled devices in order to keep a watchful eye over the mega event. Continue reading
Canadian Unmanned Aircraft Student Competition in Manitoba
Southport Aerospace Centre Inc. and Unmanned Systems Canada have announced that the 2012 Student Unmanned Aerial Vehicle competition will be hosted at the Southport Airport, Manitoba from May 4-6 2012. Continue reading
Growing Demand for Direct Laser Sintering in UAS Construction
A wing fuel tank for an Arcturus T-20 UAV made with EOS laser sintered plastic (PA 2201) Photo : Northwest Rapid Manufacturing
Direct laser sintering (DLS) is seeing rapid uptake in the construction of unmanned aircraft. DLS is an additive manufacturing (AM) technique that can produce some of the most durable high-quality products around.
US Predators Complete Test Flights from Turkey
US-deployed Predators at İncirlik Air Base in southern Turkey completed their first test flights on Tuesday. Continue reading
Sinclair Community College UAS Testing at Camp Atterbury
Sinclair UAS Training and Certification Center just posted this video of a recent UAS testing session at Indiana’s Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. Continue reading
Ball Aerospace Gets $17M US Air Force Contracts to Support Distributed Common Ground System
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has been awarded four task order contracts worth more than $17 million to develop and integrate enhanced operational capabilities for the US Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS). Continue reading