MBDA Incorporated, a US missile company, has developed a soldier-carried and hand-launched Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) precision-guided weapon called TiGER. Continue reading
India Speeds Up Mini UAS Selection Process
India’s defence ministry is accelerating the selection process to acquire two types of micro and mini unmanned air systems for use by its army’s northern command along the nation’s border with Pakistan. Continue reading
DARPA UAVForge Competition – Contestant Number 7
This the entry from icarusLabs, a team of 10 MIT engineers with specialities in aerospace, control systems and artificial intelligence. Continue reading
US Army Develops Ground-Based Sense And Avoid 3D Radar
The US Air Force and US Army agreed on new safety procedures to help prevent another collision between army UAS and Air Force planes. Continue reading
USAF: Keeping UAS links is Tough
Keeping control and data links with UAS in contested airspace remains a tough problem — and one that needs solving before the US Air Force can develop a next-generation Reaper, the service’s intelligence chief said October 28 at the C4ISR Conference, Arlington, Virginia. Continue reading
UK Police Force Loses UAS in River Crash
An unmanned aircraft once hailed by police as the future of crime-fighting has been declared ‘lost at sea’ after crashing in to the River Mersey. Continue reading
K-Max Rocks !
Just ahead of its first deployment to Afghanistan next month, Kaman posted this promo of their K-Max Unmanned Aircraft System, which they now call an “Unmanned Aerial Truck”. Continue reading
Oktokopter Helps Find Drought Resistant Soy Beans
Crop Physiologist Larry Purcell, left, and programme manager Andy King prepare the oktokopter for a preprogrammed flight over soybean test plots at the Arkansas Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Fayetteville, Ark.
Crop physiologist Larry Purcell is employing unmanned aerial reconnaissance to study 1,200 research plots for traits that may help the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture develop drought-tolerant soybean varieties. Continue reading