General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. announced that the U.S. Navy recently awarded the company a study contract to support pre-Milestone A activities for the service’s Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) programme. Continue reading
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems and AME Unmanned Systems Form Strategic Alliance
AME Unmanned Systems, a ChandlerMay, Inc. company, and AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced that the two companies have entered into a strategic alliance agreement regarding unmanned systems development.
SAAB Pitches Skeldar at US Navy
Swedish aerospace firm Saab is taking on U.S. defense industry heavyweight Boeing and other American firms to land the rights to a lucrative Navy unmanned aircraft deal.
China Tests First Aircraft Carrier
China’s first aircraft carrier returned to its base after completing a four-day maiden voyage to test its system and capabilities. Li Jie, a researcher of the China Navy Military Academy, said that some unmanned aircraft might have landed on the carrier. Continue reading
ICAO’s NAM/CAR/SAM Civil/Military Cooperation Seminar & Workshop – Lima, Peru
The ICAO NAM/CAR/SAM Civil/Military Cooperation Seminar/Workshop starts today at the premises of the ICAO SAM Regional Office in Lima, Peru and will continue up to 19 August 2011.
Emergency Parachutes for Civilian UAS
Larry Williams, CEO of BRS Aerospace, said at EAA AirVenture that his company is working on research projects to develop parachute systems for unmanned aircraft, in addition to its current line for light aircraft.
IAI Continues Search for UAS Fuel Cells
Israel Aerospace Industries is still looking for a fuel cell power system to replace the batteries currently used on its small unmanned aircraft systems.
Cadastral Audit and Assessments Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Alaska
The Poker Flat Research Range (run by the University of Alaska Fairbanks) which operates unmanned systems , has an agreement with the Tanana Chiefs Conference, (also in Fairbanks and which provides local government functions to Alaskan Natives villages), to assist the villages to develop the most accurate, complete, and cost-effective cadastral mapping data for their communities. Together, they just published a White Paper on the project: