The Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio was host this week to the intelligence industry’s annual trade conference known as the GEOINT 2011 Symposium, shorthand for “Geospatial Intelligence.” Continue reading
DARPA UAV Forge Challenge – Contestant Number 4
Last in the current the review of contestants in the DARPA UAVForge Challenge – a contest to use crowd-sourcing to build small UAS through an exchange of ideas and design practices – this video presents the Pogo 2100UAV. Continue reading
Italian UAS Community Initiative
On 13 October 2011 Aermatica organized the start-up meeting of the Italian Small Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Working group, at ARMAERO (General Directorate of Aeronautical Armaments, Italian Ministry of Defense) in Rome, Italy. Continue reading
2,700+ Vampire Embedded Software Training Licenses Sold by AEgis
The AEgis Technologies Group is now the largest provider of 3D visualization and embedded training devices for unmanned systems. Continue reading
NASA Develops ACAT Auto-GCAS Smart Phone App
DROID with F-16D - Photo: NASA / Tony Landis
A small hobby-type radio-controlled model aircraft is being transformed into a high-tech flight research aircraft at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center and will be used to develop such a ’sense-and-avoid’ application for smart phones. Continue reading
IAI Tests Unmanned Helicopter
Israel Aerospace Industries has become the latest company to offer an unmanned helicopter for combat resupply and medevac missions. Continue reading
Elbit’s Ackerman: Business As Usual with Turkey
Elbit Systems President and CEO Joseph Ackerman gave an interview to “Globes” at AUSA in Washington DC last week, in which he minimises the impact that the deterioration in Israel’s relationships with Turkey is having on his business . Here is an extract: Continue reading
South Korea’s Tilt-Rotor VTOL UAS
According to a report by According to a report by Yonhap News Agency, South Korea is developing a tilt-rotor type of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which has the same vertical-takeoff capability of a helicopter but still retains the speed and range of a traditional, winged aircraft. Continue reading