The programme director for University of North Dakota’s Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems has been named to the newly launched North Dakota Airspace Integration Team. Continue reading
US Navy Issues Medium Range Maritime Unmanned Aerial System (MRMUAS) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
The US Naval Air Systems Command seeks proposals for research support in developing innovative solutions for the Maritime and Littoral Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) mission requirements. Continue reading
European Commission UAS Panel’s 2nd Workshop
This event took place at Eurocontrol Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on 13 & 14 September 2011 and was attended by 212 persons (small & large industry: 42; military: 28; regulators: 69; research organization: 18; users: 35; various: 10). Continue reading
Predator Down in North-West Pakistan
MQ-1 Predator
A Predator came down on Sunday in Zangarha village in South Waziristan, near the Taliban and al-Qaeda hideouts in the rocky region bordering Afghanistan. Continue reading
UK MoD Plans 5 More Reapers
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The UK Ministry of Defence has outlined its planned schedule to field a follow-on batch of five General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft, and revealed details of the operational demands being placed on the Royal Air Force’s current fleet. Continue reading
MUSIC – First Pictures
The OH-58D Kiowa Warrior, AH-64D Apache Longbow and MQ-1C Gray Eagle land at Michael Army Airfield, Utah, Sept. 16, 2011, after the Manned Unmanned. Continue reading
MBDA Speeds Up Fire Shadow Tests
MBDA has advanced development and test activities for its Fire Shadow loitering munition design, and is on track to deliver its first operational examples to the British Army in 2012. Continue reading
Colorado Fire Fighters Use Draganflyer
A massive fire at White Hall in downtown Grand Junction, Colorado burned for more than three hours this morning. Firefighters tackled it by truck and by hand, but they also got some help from the skies. Continue reading