by Dan Gunderson, Minnesota Public Radio GRAND FORKS, N.D. — NASA is testing technology developed at the University of North Dakota that could help unmanned aircraft share the airspace safely. The challenge is to ensure the unmanned aircraft can avoid collisions…
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Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems community partners with academia
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Kris Osborn Army News Service The U.S. Army’s Project Manager for Unmanned Aircraft Systems is establishing partnerships with a handful of academic institutions as a way to further research, advance technology and maximize progress emerging from lessons learned in combat, service…
UAV proliferation worries security experts
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SAO PAULO, Sept. 20 (UPI) – The commonplace technology behind improvised unmanned aerial vehicles has brought home to defense and security experts and scientists the dangers for the global proliferation of iUAVs. The vehicles can be adapted to offensive purposes using…
Mark Cherry Joins Aurora as President and COO
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MANASSAS, VA–(Marketwire – September 19, 2012) – Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that Mark C. Cherry will become President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) effective October 1, 2012. Mark succeeds John S. Langford, the company’s founder, who will continue as…
MicroStrain Expands LXRS™ “Lossless” Sensor Family To Include Wireless Thermocouple and OEM Analog Sensor Nodes
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MicroStrain’s LXRS™ wireless sensor network combines a groundbreaking lossless data wireless communication protocol with ultra-stable precision time sync and network scalability. As a result, MicroStrain sensing solutions provide the reliability of hardwired systems with wireless simplicity and cost savings. LXRS™…
Camp Shelby Unmanned Aircraft System facility gets new mission
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Staff Sgt. Sara Welch CAMP SHELBY, Miss. – The Unmanned Aircraft System Support Facility at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., was recently named the nation’s only Unmanned Aircraft Regional Flight Center. The Mississippi Army National Guard facility opened in 2009 in support of Detachment…
Rockwell Collins MicroGRAM to Provide AeroVironment’s Wasp AE with Secure GPS Capability
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa | AeroVironment has selected Rockwell Collins to provide its MicroGRAM GPS receiver for the Wasp AE small unmanned aircraft system, bringing secure, jam-resistant GPS capability to a micro UAV for the first time. “Having secure GPS significantly…
Portland company’s drone photos may test FAA rule
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By Jessica Hall PORTLAND – A new company that uses small flying drones to take aerial videos and photographs may be operating in violation of Federal Aviation Administration rules. Chris Trafford, left, operates the camera and Rob Mitchell guides the drone carrying…
BAE Systems to Integrate Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System on MQ-8B Fire Scout UAV
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For the first time, the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS®) will be integrated onto an unmanned aerial vehicle, BAE Systems announced today. The company, which designed and manufactures the guidance section of the laser-guided rocket, was recently awarded a…
New pictures of the Bird Drone
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A reader of David Cenciotti’s The Aviationist has submitted new images of a craft similar to the one captured, August 2011 in Pakistan they come from the video below created by Iraqi Hezbollah near al-Bashra, in Iraq, on May 23, 2009. Two…
