The Supreme Court will not order a new trial for a University of Tennessee professor convicted of giving foreigners access to sensitive data on military unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
NASA Project on Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System
NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California, is leading a project designed to help integrate unmanned air vehicles into the National Airspace. Continue reading
MQ-8B Fire Scout Flies on Bio Fuel
A US Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout conducts the first unmanned biofuel flight at Webster Field in St. Inigoes, Maryland. Continue reading
New Mexico State University Gets DARPA Contract for Vulture Flight Testing
New Mexico State University on September 30 announced that its Physical Science Laboratory is partnering with the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in developing and testing DARPA’s Vulture unmanned aircraft programme. Continue reading
Taiwan UAS Ready for Service
Taiwan-developed unmanned aircraft will be commissioned early next year as part of the military’s efforts to build up asymmetric/innovative defense capabilities, a local newspaper reported on Monday. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Gets $18.6M Support Contract for MQ-8B
Northrop Grumman Corp., San Diego, California, is being awarded an $18,650,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services in support of the deployment of the MQ-8B vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle. Continue reading
Northland Community and Technical College Gets $4.7 M Grant
Northland Community and Technical College was recently informed that it will be receiving a $4.7 million grant for targeted job training and workforce development. Continue reading
Georgia Tech Gets $25M Ground Sensor Contract
Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga., is being awarded a $25,135,974 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery, requirements contract for ground-based sensors for remotely controlled aircraft. Continue reading