Looks like people have been following Chris Mc Nairs work, the wingtips of this wing have his tale tale cut outs. The Devil Ray from Chris also comes with variable length wings. Its not quite as big but we have seen a new larger high aspect wing coming out off the Mc Nair stable. In exclusive coverage, Aviation Week has revealed...
MTC Industries and Research Carmiel Ltd. – a leading supplier of electro-mechanical products and services to Aerospace, Defense, and UAV Industries – will introduce its Redundant Electro-Mechanical Rotary Servo Actuator (ERSA) for UAVs at the Singapore Airshow, February 14-19 at the Changi Exhibition Centre, Booth #N51. ERSA’s unique fail-safe system significantly reduces the incidence of UAV flight control failures....
Knoxville, USA – John Reece Roth, a former professor of electrical engineering at the University of Tennessee (UT) in Knoxville, began serving a four-year prison sentence for his September 2008 convictions. Roth had been on bond pending his appeals, all of which were unsuccessful. He self-surrendered to the federal correctional facility in Ashland, Ky. Roth was convicted at a...
John H. Campbell, USACE JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ”All right guys, going into take-off mode. You are hot!” Everyone aboard the airboat grows quiet. It’s the moment they’ve been anticipating after hours of preparation that started shortly after dawn on this late November day. Biologist Jon Morton has been leading the team through pre-operational checks. “Three…two…one…launch!” The pilot flips a switch...
An interesting flight that puts the cat amongst the pigeons, or superhero. I wonder what the AMA line will be, payment for services, and flight within controlled airspace. The video will no doubt be shown great interest by the FAA. It has already received more than 1.5 million hits. Speaking to Matt Mc Daniel at Yahoo Movies James Percelay, co-founder of...
The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), that awed viewers in the Bollywood hit ”3 Idiots”, has been officially inducted into the paramilitary forces. The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) are using the drone, titled ‘Netra’, in counter-insurgency operations. The autonomous UAV for surveillance and reconnaissance was inducted into the paramilitary forces last month while...
MIT, Anna University, Department of Aerospace Engineering’s Division of Avionics successfully tested the DHAKSHA- mini unmanned aircraft system (UAS), will provide the public safety and rescue operations with real-time video and stable, high-resolution imagery said Dr.K.Senthil Kumar,Project Director,Mini UAV’s. He also informed that the short-range tactical rotorcraft system can be made available immediately when first responders need it. DHAKSHA’s compact...
LAWRENCE, Kansas (January 30, 2012) – Pulse Aerospace, a Lawrence, KS based unmanned aircraft systems developer, released their latest product, the PA-01 Vapor helicopter unmanned aircraft system (UAS), at the PIPELINE Innovator of the Year Event in Overland Park, KS on January 26, 2012. Bill Donovan, President of Pulse Aerospace, was selected into the 2011 group of high-growth...
No injuries in crash of Heron TP near Tel Nof Air Force Base; IAF launches probe into crash of “UAV that can reach Iran.” The Heron TP, Israel’s most advanced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed Sunday morning during a test flight near the Tel Nof Air Force Base in central Israel. The Israeli Air Force says technical failure or human...
Northrop Grumman expressed disappointment over the U.S. Defense Department’s decision to scrub the Global Hawk Block 30 UAV program. “The Pentagon announced … that it is planning to cancel the Global Hawk Block 30 program and plans to perform this mission with the U-2 aircraft,” the company said in a news release. “Northrop Grumman is disappointed with the Pentagon’s...
