The Boeing X-48 Blended Wing Body subscale research aircraft made its 100th flight in late October at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The milestone occurred Oct. 30 when the unmanned X-48C aircraft was flown on two separate 25-minute flights — the seventh and eighth flights for the X-48C since it began flying Aug....
Looks like I’m not getting out of ‘The Shed’ anytime soon. (Okay by me, I really enjoy ‘The Shed’ now that it’s open.) Unfortunately, I’ve been so busy that I haven’t really had the time to spend reviewing all of the products and services for which this feature was intended address. As a side note, the author understands that...
An enterprising real estate company, perhaps using their UA to take house shoots day to day normally has released some before and after footage. Useful demonstration of change monitoring by UAS. Using UA for real estate photography would of course be against the law in the USA as it’s commercial use ;-) Bookmark It Hide Sites
Story by Sgt. Mark Kauffman WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. – The soldiers of Company A, Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, are flying Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with new upgrades as part of Network Integration Evaluation 13.1 to better assist service members in the fight. NIE 13.1 is a soldier-led series of evaluations that help develop,...
Aitech Defense Systems Inc., a supplier of ruggedized, embedded, mission-critical computing technologies for military, defense, aerospace and satellite applications, announced on Nov. 1 a contract award to continue to provide the payload processor subsystem for a well-known unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program. Aitech was awarded a $1 million ongoing production contract to continue to provide the 6U VMEbus single...
Nothing unexpected in this latest offering from the AMA blog, VLOS is still not defined precisely, weight limit of 15lbs and speed capped at 70mph. To the outsider model jets that are larger and faster would seem to represent a bigger threat than most autonomous and FPV setups. Not permitting waypoint flight will be a show stopper for many...
A handy document for all those Police departments considering starting Operations and a heads up for civilian UA business as to what might be expected. The Seattle Police departments ops manual makes interesting reading. The bit that will be of interest to objectors and the new FAA stumbling block, privacy. Protection of Rights and Privacy UAS unit Commanders, operators...
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today brought Northrop Grumman senior leadership to Grand Forks to see firsthand the opportunities Grand Forks and the region have to offer the company, which manufactures the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle. The project could form the nucleus of a new Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) technology complex linking the private sector and...
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems and the U.S. Army Armament Research and Development Engineering Center (ARDEC) have successfully demonstrated a GPS-guided munition for use on small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). The testing consisted of three separate engagements using a Tiger Shark UAV launching an 81mm mortar equipped with General Dynamics’ Roll Control Fixed Canard control system and an...
The Silver Fox was originally developed by Advanced Ceramics Research (ACR), which was purchased by BAE in 2009. The Silver Fox is a gas/electric-powered unmanned system, weighing about 30 pounds. It can carry electro-optical and infrared sensors, providing full-motion imagery for both day and night operations. The Silver Fox carries small payloads and performs autonomous takeoffs and landings. The...
