MURFREESBORO — The delivery of the coin for the toss at Saturday’s MTSU football game could be one of the school’s most unique. As part of the school’s 100th anniversary, a group of aerospace and engineering students from the Middle Tennessee Unmanned Aircraft Systems Club will fly a radio-controlled “quad-copter” to the big blue “MT” at the center of...
according to Build IE the police in Northern Ireland might be the next to try sUAS. Police aerial surveillance in Northern Ireland looks set to go high-tech – and more compact than ever before – with a member of the NI Policing Board welcoming news that the PSNI is considering the use of mini drones to combat crime and...
MANASSAS, VA- Aurora Flight Sciences announced its decision to make a major investment in Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) technology that will be used to manufacture larger and more complex composite structures for the aerospace industry at an affordable cost. Aurora plans to locate this equipment at its Columbus, Mississippi manufacturing facility. After an extensive evaluation of potential suppliers, Aurora...
World Surveillance Group Inc, a developer of lighter-than-air (“LTA”) unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAVs”) and related technologies, announced today that the Company has confirmed that free flight testing and customer demonstrations of the Argus One UAV will take place at the U.S. Department of Energy Nevada Test Site (“N2S2″) in early December 2011. These flight tests and demonstrations at N2S2...
BINGEN, Wash., Nov. 15, 2011 Insitu Inc. announced today a new alliance that will facilitate world-class systems and support for current and future customers in the Middle East. The collaboration with Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems Investments Company (ADASI), allows for support and sustainment of Insitu’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) products and services. “As we...
Global market for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles witnessed remarkable growth in the recent past, and is expected to sustain the growth during the forthcoming years, primarily owing to the increasing reluctance to risk human lives and proliferation of numerous civil and military operations. At present, constantly changing technological preferences, and special customer requirements are the prime factors driving the market...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL, Nov 14, 2011 World Surveillance Group Inc. WSGI -1.70% , a developer of lighter-than-air (“LTA”) unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAVs”) and related technologies, announced today that the Company has entered into a three year agreement with Oklahoma State University — University Multispectral Laboratories, LLC (“UML”), to collaborate in support of research, development, testing & evaluation (“RDT&E”) activities associated with...
BANGALORE: India is developing an umanned aerial vehicle (UAV) similar to American Predator drones with an investment of Rs 1,500 crore and planning an unmanned combat vehicles, a key official involved in the project said today. UAV Rustom-2 project is spread over 66 months, Director of Bangalore-based Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO) laboratory, P S Krishnan, told PTI...
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) India’s indigenously designed and developed Rustom-I unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Friday completed its fifth successful flight, an official said here. Rustom, a medium altitude long endurance (MALE) UAV, has the capability to attain maximum speeds of 150 knots, fly at 22,000 feet altitude, and an endurance of about 15 hours. The UAV has...
A very well deserved for the Boscombe boys and girls and amazing aircraft that flew for 14 days straight from the drawing board. The judging panel commented: This design ticks all the boxes – social impact, novelty, inventiveness and it could have a dramatic impact economically. The entire aircraft design has been considered and optimised – power, weight, sensors,...
