an independent online news service for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems world
Arcturus T-20 - Photo: Spencer Ackerman
Arcturus is displaying its new T-20 at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa, Florida. The T-20 has a 17-foot wingspan, putting it in the so-called Tier II class of unmanned aircraft.
When Kyle Stanbro retired from the military in 2004, he put his energies into making a lighter and more physically intuitive video receiver for ground forces to receive UAS feeds to replace the ToughBook currently in use.
Blurring the lines between gaming and reality US Air Force has released a spectacular new video game on its adventurous recruiting site. The new game invites potential recruits to ‘Fly the Reaper’
U.S. Special Operations Command will be turning over its unmanned helicopters to the Army. SOCOM will be seeking other options that better suit special operators’ needs, officials said.
Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully demonstrated that its Heterogeneous Airborne Reconnaissance Team (HART) system increases warfighter situational awareness during a recent Spiral 7 DARPA field exercise conducted March 7-18, 2011, at Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah.
AAI has built a new unmanned aircraft, a substantial upgrade of the standard RQ-7 Shadow. The new aircraft, reportedly in the blended-wing configuration, is designed with two payload bays.
Northrop Grumman has contracted Thinklogical for key infrastructure systems for the U.S. Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System.
Alenia Aeronautica, has announced that it has recently delivered the Weapon Bay Doors & Mechanism for nEUROn (the new-generation technology demonstrator for a European Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle – UCAV) to Dassault Aviation.