AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems announced the introduction of the Shadow M2 Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS) at the Association of the US Army (AUSA) 2011 Annual Meeting & Exposition. Continue reading
NASA Dryden Awards Contracts Worth $12.6M for Unmanned Aircraft Systems In The National Airspace System Research
NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center recently awarded contracts to six research and development firms to assist the center in meeting the goals of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System, or UAS in the NAS, project. Continue reading
Computer Virus Hits Predator Ground Control Stations
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A computer virus has infected the Ground Control Stations of US Predator and Reaper UAS, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones. Continue reading
NASA Google Green Challenge Awards $1.35M Prize to Electric Aircraft
NASA says it has awarded the largest prize in aviation history, $1.35 million, to Team Pipistrel-USA.com for pushing the envelope on electric-powered flying. Continue reading
AME Fury 1500 Performs 14-Hour Flight
AME Unmanned Air Systems announced that its Fury 1500 Special Mission UAS has completed a 14-hour flight.
ScanEagle Streams Live, Stable Video to Troops in Arctic Exercise
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Insitu Inc. announced that its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) delivered real-time video to Canadian Forces during the largest military exercise to date in the Far North.
MQ-9 Reapers to Start Training Flights from Fort Drum
The 174th Fighter Wing, which has been operating unmanned aircraft over Afghanistan for nearly two years is about to start flying them out of Fort Drum and over Northern New York. Continue reading
Sinclair Community College Request FAA Approval for Training Flights
Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, has requested federal approval of a site at Springfield Air National Guard Base to do training flights of unmanned aircraft, in the latest effort by the region to develop itself as a center of education and expertise for UAS and the information-gathering sensor systems they carry. Continue reading