The third workshop in a five-part series of European Commission (EC) UAS Panel Workshops run jointly by the European Commission’s DG Mobility & Transport (MOVE) and DG Enterprise (ENTR) on the topic of insertion of UAS into European controlled airspace, will take place at Eurocontrol headquarters, 96 rue de la Fusée 96, Brussels, Belgium on 19 October 2011. Continue reading
US Air Force : Cost of Operating Unmanned Aircraft Becoming ‘Unsustainable’
The fastest-growing occupation in the US Air Force — warzone surveillance — soon may be reaching its peak as the Defense Department looks for ways to cut costs. Continue reading
Iranian Students Design High-Altitude UAS
Iran's Karrar
Researchers at the Modern Technologies Engineering Collage of Tabriz University developed an unmanned aircraft, called the Shaparak (butterfly), which can fly at 15,000 feet and has a range of 20 km. Continue reading
Cloud Cap Technology Releases TASE 2.2.0
The Cloud Cap Technology software team has just announced the release of TASE 2.2.0 with many enhancements and new functionality. Continue reading
Russia’s Stork Crash Video
This video showed up on YouTube last week. It shows the ultimate fate of the Vega Stork – the Russian version of the Predator. Continue reading
Qinetiq and Northrop Offer Unmanned Gazelle to UK
Qinetiq has joined forces with Northrop Grumman to offer what it has described as a low-cost, short-term solution for an emerging Royal Navy requirement to field a vertical take-off and landing unmanned aircraft system (VTUAS). Continue reading
UND Grand Forks Air Force Base UAS Facility Chronology Video
This video was created to be shown at the Dedication Ceremony of the UND Grand Forks AFB UAS Training Facility. Continue reading
New, Improved Rolls Royce Engine for Global Hawk
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has announced that the growth variant of the Rolls-Royce AE 3007H engine has successfully completed its US Air Force-funded flight test. Continue reading