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Aurora Flight Sciences was awarded a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Rapid Reaction Technology Office (RRTO) to provide a specialized Skate Small Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS), designed for autonomous operations in urban environments. Continue reading
Sentient announced that its automated target detection solution – Kestrel Land MTI – will actively support the two complete Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) systems that the Australian Army is acquiring under the Defence Capability Plan Joint Project (JP) 129 Phase 2, in their surveillance, reconnaissance and target acquisition missions. Continue reading
Swift Engineering, a high-tech race car and aerospace firm off Avenida La Pata in San Clemente’s commercial district, broke ground on a new 15,000-square-foot, $3-million manufacturing centre. Continue reading
US Air Forces Central Command just posted this video taken from a MQ-1 Predator of the last convoys crossing the border out of Iraq December 17, 2011, at 11:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Continue reading
The US military’s deployment of MQ-9 Reaper UAS to the Seychelles, a tropical paradise in the Indian Ocean, generated $3.1 million in revenue for local businesses during their first four months of operations, according to an unclassified US diplomatic cable buried in the database of State Department cables obtained by WikiLeaks. Continue reading
L2 Aerospace’s Instant Eyes is a 9-inch UAS, can be set up and launched in about 20 seconds, reaching up to 2,500 feet high. Continue reading
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
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