The FAA seems to have determined that the pilot of the model aircraft was at fault for the midair that caused a storm last summer. A lack of detect sense and avoid on the part of the operator. The FAA report:- On August 14, 2010, approximately 1100 mountain daylight time, N28KT, a Shpakow SA 750 bi-plane, was substantially damaged...
The Boeing Company’s unmanned hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye high-altitude, long-endurance demonstrator aircraft has arrived at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center for assembly and preparations for flight tests. NASA Dryden is hosting the Boeing flight test operation, providing hangar facilities, engineering, ground test and test range support for the project. The aircraft is expected to fly sometime this year. Flight testing...
Paris, 28 March 2011 – The EADS Technology Licensing initiative will have an active participation at this week’s JEC Composites 2011 exposition in Paris, highlighting a new portfolio of composites manufacturing methods and techniques available for licensing opportunities. Several of the technologies are associated with EADS’ patented Vacuum Assisted Process (VAP), including a preform manufacturing machine that is highly...
The AVIC Cup, International UAV Innovation Grand Prix What sets this UAS contest apart from the others? Well, besides the large sum of prize money being offered entrants, it’s the real opportunity for an undiscovered design to go into production! Prize money totaling more than $375,000 thousand U.S. dollars and is open to all! The AVIC Cup contest being organized...
Another beautiful bit of work from Festo biomimicry is something we are going to see lots of in the future. This has really brightened my Friday up! It looks right it flies right and guess what its more efficient because of it. SmartBird is an ultralight but powerful flight model with excellent aerodynamic qualities and extreme agility. With SmartBird,...
The University of North Dakota has teamed with Corsair Engineering to provide University students with cutting edge training systems for their education in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Students pursuing a UAS major at UND are using the ScanEagle UAS as an example platform to learn mission employment and operational techniques through the use of high-fidelity simulation. The ScanEagle simulator was...
A Northrop Grumman -produced Global Hawk high altitude unmanned aircraft began a series of flights over the Pacific Ocean on Feb. 11 as part of a campaign to study atmospheric rivers. Known as Winter Storms and Pacific Atmospheric Rivers (WISPAR), the research is being done by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to improve winter storm forecasts. The purpose of the WISPAR...
Twenty four developers from the OpenPilot project are meeting today in Portugal for their first conference. It comes ahead of the open source autopilot groups first hardware release the Copter Control (CC) board. Software engineers have flown in from Australia and America and several European countries. The team will be polishing code and consuming ale as well as mapping...
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International is coordinating an effort to bring systems together that might be of assistance to Japan. A number of AUVSI members have inquired about information on how to offer assistance to Japan as the country deals with the crisis left by the earthquake and tsunami. The Japanese government has asked for assistance specifically...
Interesting precision landing in Spain 10 knot crosswind. More about the E500 X-VISION from http://www.elimco.com Complete observing system mid-range, lightweight, portable. With an efficient aerodynamic design, the E500 X-VISION, is ready for high-altitude flights in adverse weather conditions, with an operating range of 60 km with a range of 3 hours. It is equipped with a full suite of specialized...
