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The Center for Remote Integration in Montana hosted a flight demonstration of the Sandstorm UAS on a remote airstrip south of Columbia Falls on Tuesday. This was the second flight demonstration of the aircraft, after that in Oklahoma in August. Continue reading
The Navy-Industry International Dialogue (NIID) provides a Navy-Industry-Attaché-Foreign Procurement Group forum to address issues involving security cooperation and sea service concepts and programmes that help drive future capabilities for international maritime partnerships. Continue reading
Cook County Sheriff Considering Drones: MyFoxCHICAGO.com
Chicago – Cook County Sheriff’s Office is considering using unmanned aircraft that they consider to be far less expensive and more effective than the helicopters that have been the county’s eyes-in-the-sky. Continue reading
The growing market for unmanned aircraft has created 150 job openings at Northrop Grumman’s San Diego area plants, where the company develops the Global Hawk, Fire Scout and the X-47B. Continue reading
According to statistics provided by the US Army, Navy and Air Force, remotely piloted aircraft have logged around 2.7 million flight hours during the current era of drone warfare. More than 87 percent of the time, these aircraft have been involved in combat. Continue reading
The US Navy completed a demonstration for its unmanned aircraft Common Control System (CCS) Oct. 26 at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in China Lake, California. Continue reading
The Financial Times Deutschland reported on Wednesday that EADS is set to offer to waive any rights to damages from cuts to Eurofighter jet orders if some countries buy Talarion UAS and sign maintenance deals. Continue reading
At the end of October 2011, Thomas Senkel of e-volo made the first manned flight with an e-powered multicopter at an airstrip in the southwest of Germany. Continue reading