Turkish Aerospace Industries’ (TAI) has announced that its Anka prototype completed its fifth flight on 22 October, “marking the beginning of the envelope expansion process”. Continue reading
UAS Text Book from K-State and New Mexico State Universities
Kurt Barnhart, executive director of the Applied Aviation Research Center and head of the aviation department, and Eric Shappee, associate professor of aviation, at Kansas State University Salina, have helped write and edit one of the first collegiate-level textbooks on unmanned aircraft systems, “Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems.” Continue reading
Solar Panels Power Glider Controls for Indefinite Flight
Marine Corps Captains Derek Snyder and Dino Cooper, who recently graduated from the Systems Engineering course at Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, have designed an unmanned aircraft that is effectively a glider that can fly indefinitely. Continue reading
Swedish Armed Forces Issues a Request for Proposal to Replace SkyLark
The Swedish Armed Forces is planning to acquire a new mini UAV system. The intention is to complement, and thereafter replace, the SkyLark system which has been operational in the Swedish Armed Forces since 2007. Continue reading
Thales and DCNS Extend UAS Deck Landing Trials
Thales and DCNS are planning supplementary technology demonstrations of a system for automatic ship deck landing of unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
TiGER (Tactical Grenade Extended Range) from MBDA
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