Aeryon Labs was presented with the prestigious Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) 2011 Mind to Market Award at the Ontario Centres of Excellence annual general meeting held on Monday night in Toronto. Continue reading
UK MoD Signs £20M Nano UAS Contract
Black Hornet - Photo: Prox Dynamics
Marlborough Communications Limited and sub-contractor Prox Dynamics have been awarded the contract to supply commercial off-the-shelf Nano-UAS systems and spares to the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence. Continue reading
DARPA’s Cyber Colloqium
Photo: US Air Force
Darpa convened a “cyber colloquium” at a northern Virginia hotel on Monday for what it called a “frank discussion” about the persistent vulnerabilities within the Defense Department’s data networks. The Pentagon can’t defend those networks on its own, the agency admitted. Continue reading
Team DLR wins IMAV 2011 Outdoor Competition
The German Aerospace Center (DLR), winners of the International Micro Air Vehicle 2011 Outdoor Competition in September, just posted this video of the event. Continue reading
Using UAS for Remote Sensing of Archaeological Sites
Archaeological researchers are an early adopter of remote sensing technology but until the early part of the twenty-first century data was primarily limited to aerial/satellite imagery and photogrammetry. Continue reading
AAAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Professional Forum December 14 -16
The Army Aviation Association of America, Inc. has announced that the AAAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Professional Forum will take place on December 14‐16, 2011, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel, Arlington, VA. Continue reading
No German Decision on Heron Replacement before 2012
Germany will decide next year which unmanned aircraft to purchase for its Bundeswehr military forces, a senior defence source told Reuters. Continue reading
US Navy to Add Aerial Refuelling to X-47B
The US Navy has announced that it will add an aerial refuelling capability to at least one of the two X-47 prototypes sometime in 2014. Continue reading