Marine Corps Captains Derek Snyder and Dino Cooper, who recently graduated from the Systems Engineering course at Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, have designed an unmanned aircraft that is effectively a glider that can fly indefinitely. Continue reading
Swedish Armed Forces Issues a Request for Proposal to Replace SkyLark
The Swedish Armed Forces is planning to acquire a new mini UAV system. The intention is to complement, and thereafter replace, the SkyLark system which has been operational in the Swedish Armed Forces since 2007. Continue reading
Thales and DCNS Extend UAS Deck Landing Trials
Thales and DCNS are planning supplementary technology demonstrations of a system for automatic ship deck landing of unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
TiGER (Tactical Grenade Extended Range) from MBDA
MBDA Incorporated, a US missile company, has developed a soldier-carried and hand-launched Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) precision-guided weapon called TiGER. Continue reading
India Speeds Up Mini UAS Selection Process
India’s defence ministry is accelerating the selection process to acquire two types of micro and mini unmanned air systems for use by its army’s northern command along the nation’s border with Pakistan. Continue reading
DARPA UAVForge Competition – Contestant Number 7
This the entry from icarusLabs, a team of 10 MIT engineers with specialities in aerospace, control systems and artificial intelligence. Continue reading
US Army Develops Ground-Based Sense And Avoid 3D Radar
The US Air Force and US Army agreed on new safety procedures to help prevent another collision between army UAS and Air Force planes. Continue reading
USAF: Keeping UAS links is Tough
Keeping control and data links with UAS in contested airspace remains a tough problem — and one that needs solving before the US Air Force can develop a next-generation Reaper, the service’s intelligence chief said October 28 at the C4ISR Conference, Arlington, Virginia. Continue reading