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Chinese Internet pictures reveal a new unmanned aircraft with a diamond-shape wing structure – a joined wing and tail that could considerably increase range and payload and produce better handling at high altitudes. The new Xianglong is equipped with a jet engine mounted on top of the fuselage between the V-shape tail wings.
Federal authorities have warned corporate executives at AeroVironment that they are among about 60 targets suggested by members of an Al Qaeda-connected website forum.
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) biologist Leanne Hanson narrates this video showing how the Raven-A small unmanned aircraft system works in the field and what it “sees” from the air.
The Dutch Rotorcraft Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (R-UAV) manufacturer GEOCOPTER from the Netherlands officially delivered its first Light Unmanned Rotorcraft System, designated GC-201, to its launching customer and development partner: the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR).
Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light 42 Detachment Two on the Guided-Missile Frigate USS Halyburton
The Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical-takeoff/ vertical-landing unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) has deployed for the first time in the Southwest Asia region, where the helicopter is being tested in the challenging environments of the Arabian Sea and Afghanistan.
Photo : Arlington Police Department
Arlington police are testing small unmanned aircraft designed to take high-resolution video and photos of traffic accidents, hostage situations, pursuits of suspects and other emergency situations too dangerous to send personnel.
The first Northrop Grumman MQ-4C broad area maritime surveillance (BAMS) aircraft is on track for rollout in the spring of 2012, with first flight that summer.
Schiebel has announced that it has partnered with French shipbuilder DCNS for the purpose of deploying its Camcopter S-100 Unmanned Air System onboard their new Gowind class of OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel), L ADROIT which was launched in May. Continue reading