The LONGBOW LLC’s Unmanned Aerial Systems Tactical Common Data Link Assembly (UTA) recently controlled an unmanned aircraft from an AH-64D Apache Block III attack helicopter, while both were in flight. The LONGBOW LLC is a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. Continue reading
University of Cincinnati Study Shows UAS Save Firefighter Lives
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Kelly Cohen, associate professor of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics at the University of Cincinnati, supervises a project known as SIERRA (Surveillance for Intelligent Emergency Response Robotic Aircraft) which integrates small, unmanned aircraft with global positioning systems, environmental data, video and fire-prediction software to give real-time information about where a fire is burning, and where it is moving. Continue reading
DARPA Enlists Hackers to Prevent Cyber Attacks
Darpa’s Kathleen Fisher told the agency’s first-ever Cyber Colloqium, a gathering that seeks to enlist hackers’ ideas, that the usual picture of cyberattacks involves hackers — maybe sponsored by a government — trying to penetrate a data network, is too narrow a conception. Continue reading
US Navy Extends Fire Scout Missions in Afghanistan to October 2012
The US Navy has extended the use of Northrop Grumman’s Fire Scout in Afghanistan through most of next year. Continue reading
UAS Nordic Conference in Oslo Nov 15th
UAS Norway is once again organising the largest UAS conference in the Nordic region – UNC-11 which will take place on November 15 th. 2011 at the Oslo Kongressenter, close to the Central Station. Continue reading
Innocon and G-Force Launch UAS Training Solution Using Simlat Simulation
Innocon and its Thai partner, G-Force Composites Ltd., have introduced a new highly advanced training solution for the G-Star Tactical UAS, which is in use by the Royal Thai Air Force. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Fits US Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout with Laser-Guided Rocket
Fire Scout Over Frigate McInerney - Photo:MC2 Alan Gragg, US Navy
Northrop Grumman Corporation has started work outfitting the US Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter with a weapons system. Continue reading
UAS Maintenance in the Field – Afghanistan
Military specialist Youtube Channel 3rdID8487 recently posted this video of SPC Misty Stow, an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Maintenance Engineer in Afghanistan. Continue reading