Brazilian Authorities are now deploying locally developed unmanned aircraft to monitor the country’s vast forest for illegal logging, drug trafficking and other crimes.
FAA Center of Excellence for General Aviation Research
The Federal Aviation Administration is competitively establishing a new Center of Excellence for General Aviation Research in 2012. The FAA will begin the competitive process by hosting a Public Meeting on November 17-18, 2011 in the Atlantic City, NJ area. Continue reading
Texas A&M University Completes First RS 16 Flights over Gulf Waters
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi announced that the first airborne science missions using unmanned aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico were successfully completed during the week of October 10-17. Continue reading
Colmek Gets Rugged Computer Order from Turkey’s Vestel
Vestel EFE
Colmek has announced a contract award from Turkish contractor Vestel Savunma Sanyani A.S. Continue reading
Japan’s Unmanned Flying Ball – Official Launch
We first came across the ‘Unmanned Flying Ball from Japan” earlier this year in June. Now the Japanese Ministry of Defence Research Department has made an official launch at the Digital Content Expo in Tokyo last week. Continue reading
Another US Unmanned Aircraft Crashes in Southern Somalia Near Kenyan Border
Colonel Aden Dheere, a Somali military official, told Iran’s Press TV that the remote-controlled aircraft went down on the outskirts of Dhoobley town on Wednesday morning. Continue reading
IAI Tests Panther Tilt-Rotor Take Off & Landing
IAI‘s Panther tiltrotor unmanned aircraft system is currently performing automatic take-off and landing tests, and in early 2012 will demonstrate its capabilities to potential customers.
Aurora Flight Sciences Assigned Patent for UAS Retrieval System
Aurora Flight Sciences has been assigned a patent for a “system and method for the retrieval of a smaller unmanned aerial vehicle by a larger unmanned aerial vehicle.” Continue reading