The only aviation exhibition (civil & military) permitted in Beijing, held once every two years by the China State Council, is being held this year on 21-24 September 2011, at the China National Convention Center (CNCC), Beijing, P.R. China.
Insitu Donates ScanEagle to Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Insitu Inc., in collaboration with Boeing, ING Engineering and the Canadian Forces, announced that it has donated a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft to the Canada Aviation and Space Museum.
US Army Planning New Purchases of Unmanned VTOL Aircraft
“We are embarking on a VTOL unmanned aircraft programme,” Tim Owings, Army deputy project manager for unmanned aircraft systems, told reporters at a Pentagon news conference.
Elbit to Develop Flying Elephant
Elbit Systems Ltd. is apparently working with the Israeli Ministry of Defence to develop an unmanned cargo plane, dubbed the “Flying Elephant”. Sources say that a cargo unmanned aircraft is a “huge, slow, self takeoff and landing pallet carrier that would fly through high winds and land in austere, unpaved areas.”
Beijing Police Plan to Purchase Unmanned Aircraft to Monitor Emergency Situations
Beijing Police plan to purchase unmanned aircraft to monitor emergency situations such as traffic accidents, a top official has said.
Italy: Selex Galileo Acquires UTRI
Italian company Selex Galileo reported it has acquired Unmanned Technologies Research Institute, a provider of mini-micro unmanned aircraft systems.
Kratos Buys Integral Systems for $225 M
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc is to buy rival Integral Systems Inc for $225 million in cash and stock to expand into the satellite signal monitoring segment .
RAF Reapers to be Controlled from the UK
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton said that the new squadron of Reapers would be based at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire – the first time that unmanned aircraft operating in Afghanistan will be controlled from a base in the UK.