Raven Industries Aerostar aided the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Vehicle Research Section on achieving successful unmanned aircraft flight tests for the Autonomous Deployment Demonstration (ADD) programme. Continue reading
Pentagon Mothballs Airborne Laser Project
After nearly 16 years of development and more than $5 billion spent, culminating in a series of ballistic missile target engagements, the Pentagon has finally decided to mothball the Boeing-led 747-400F project known as the Airborne Laser. Continue reading
US Navy Takes Delivery of First Northrop Grumman X-47B
Northrop Grumman’s X-47B unmanned combat air system has been delivered to the US Navy following a year of testing. Continue reading
US Navy to Launch Switchblade from Submarine
The U.S. Navy plans to launch AeroVironment’s Switchblade small, expendable unmanned aircraft from a submerged submarine during the RIMPAC 2012 naval exercise in the Pacific. Continue reading
Experts Rubbish Iran’s RQ-170 GPS Hi-jacking Claim
Doubts that Iran managed to bring down an advanced American UAS last month using an advanced GPS spoofing attack have been raised by experts, who say that attacks of this type would be extremely tough to pull off. Continue reading
URS Corporation Acquires CATI Training Systems
URS Corporation has acquired the assets of Daleville, Alabama based CATI Training Systems, which specialises in delivering advanced visual image generation systems and high fidelity visual simulation terrain databases for simulators, which are used to train civil, commercial and military pilots. Continue reading
First Graduation Ceremony for RPA Test Pilots in India
Air Vice Marshal RKS Bhadauria VM, Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Projects), IAF, visited the Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE) in Bangalore to attend Valedictory Function of the first Remotely Piloted Aircraft Flight Test and Evaluation Course on December 21st Continue reading
Activists Use UAS to Monitor Japanese Whaling Fleet
Second Mate Peter Brown launches the drone from the Steve Irwin - Photo: Sea Shepherd
An international non-profit society dedicated to protecting marine mammals says it is using unmanned aircraft to monitor a Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean.