Aaditi Isaac, TNN A team from Delhi Technological University (DTU) recently won the third position in an unmanned aerial systems competition held in the US. Aaditi Isaac reports The 11-member team from Delhi Technological University (DTU) came third in the 10Annual Students’ Unmanned Aerial Systems competition organised by Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), Maryland, US. The team designed and...
David Black The National As the Farnborough International Airshow wrapped up this month, among orders won by the US aircraft making giant Boeing was a batch for its highly successful small, unmanned air vehicle, the ScanEagle. Empty, it weighs slightly more than 12kg, has a wingspan of 3 metres and looks like a glorified remote-controlled model aircraft. But the ScanEagle...
Karachi: On the one hand Pakistanis are protesting against US drone strikes that led to killing of thousands of people in country’s northwestern tribal region near Afghan border during the decade long US war against terror while on the other side Pakistani students are testing their skills in developing the unmanned aircraft. A group of NED University has manufactured...
BRISBANE, Australia, - Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., announced today that it has signed a contract to deliver ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) for comprehensive operational evaluation by the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF). The UAS will be operated by the JGSDF to assist in disaster recovery and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance...
More than 90 percent of all missiles fired during a live-fire air defense drill successfully hit their targets in a southern Pingtung County military drill ground yesterday, the military announced yesterday. An out-of-control target drone, however, ruined the near-perfect performance given by local troops in the drill. The drone fell into a village in eastern Taitung County. No casualties...
Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., announced today that it was awarded a contract to provide its ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). The delivery of these systems will be accompanied by training, logistics and ship installation, as well as specialist in-country maintenance support. The ScanEagle UAS is being fitted for the fastest...
A documentary shown last week in Iran of the Great Prophet 7 exercises reveals a couple of new UAS. One a shameless copy of the Israeli Hermes 450 and another sharing a passing resemblance to the Insitu Integrator. Earlier this week the US Marines ordered more Integrators so the design must be sound! The first platform shown is the...
New Delhi, July 2, 2012, DHNS: Defence Minister A K Antony on Monday asked Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh to augment India’s surveillance and intelligence gathering close to Sino-Indian border in the North East and Ladakh, for which the Army has been instructed to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) more frequently. During a 90-minute meeting with Gen Singh to...
The Pakistan Navy signed a contract on the 27 June 2012 with EMT (Germany) to buy the LUNA UAV System for its shore surveillance units . A total of 8 airframes along with 2 ground control stations have been contracted for purchase. The contract was awarded after a launch of official tenders and technical scrutiny of around 8 UAV...
Taipei, June 24 (CNA) China has reportedly developed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) capable of interfering with the navigation of U.S. aircraft carriers in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, according to foreign reports. China Briefing, a news website sponsored by the Washington-based Jamestown Foundation, said China’s continued investment in UAV research will make it the second UAV...
