according to Build IE the police in Northern Ireland might be the next to try sUAS. Police aerial surveillance in Northern Ireland looks set to go high-tech – and more compact than ever before – with a member of the NI Policing Board welcoming news that the PSNI is considering the use of mini drones to combat crime and...
Love this one! Oliver Clay, Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News A RESPECTED ufologist has suggested that a mysterious craft sighted over Widnes could have been a salvaged police drone. Jenny Randles was responding to a recent Liverpool Echo story that revealed a £13,000 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to Merseyside Police had crashed and was thought to be at the...
A very well deserved for the Boscombe boys and girls and amazing aircraft that flew for 14 days straight from the drawing board. The judging panel commented: This design ticks all the boxes – social impact, novelty, inventiveness and it could have a dramatic impact economically. The entire aircraft design has been considered and optimised – power, weight, sensors,...
Israel, November 9th 2011… Innocon and its Thai partner, G-Force Composites Ltd., introduce a new highly advanced training solution for the G-Star Tactical UAV system, which is in use by the Royal Thai Air Force. The enhanced solution includes Simlat’s training system, offering high-end UAS simulation. The training solution presents a customized, turnkey mission simulator for the G-Star TUAS,...
Could this be the European rival for Virgin Galactic’s White Knight 2? Yes and no. This is EOLE, one of the Perseus family of projects. Perseus is an initiative of CNES towards the research of innovative technologies for space transportation and their respective demonstrators, through an educative perspective. It was launched 6 years ago with the participation of many Universities and agencies. This particular system is...
The MoD has awarded the (Ł20m for 100 units) NUAS contract to Prox Dynamics (Norway) in collaboration with Marlborough Communications (UK) http://www.publictenders.net/tender/123706 Prox Dynamics was founded by Petter Muren in December 2007, and builds on many years of experience inmicro helicopter technologies. Petter was the first to design a passively stable helicopter rotor system that later formed the basis for...
Unmanned Systems AG is proud to announce a successful start to the testing of the ORCA VTOL UAS Tip Jet Propulsion system. The Tip Jet propulsion system is a breakthrough in technological research and this successful testing is a big step forward towards the first flight of the innovative new aircraft. The Tip Jet system test was conducted under...
DCNS and Thales today announced the launch of a supplementary phase for the Technology Demonstration of a system for automatic landing and deck-landing of UAVs (D2AD), which has just been notified by the French Defence Procurement Authority (DGA). Sea trials of the demonstrator are planned for 2012 using a French Navy frigate and a Boeing, H-6U Unmanned Little Bird...
Swedish armed forces are looking to replace their Skylark sUAS. The Swedish army acquired six Elbit Systems Skylark I mini-UAVs, and designated Falken (Falcon) in 2007. The intention is to complement, and thereafter replace, the SkyLark system. The purpose is to support the Swedish Armed Forces with short range reconnaissance information. The operational requirements have been revised, taken into account the “lessons...
FRANKFURT, Nov 2 (Reuters) – EADS is prepared to waive penalties for a cut to orders for the Eurofighter jet if Germany promises to order Talarion drones instead, a person familiar with the matter said. “That is a possible outcome of the upcoming negotiations,” the person told Reuters on Wednesday. German daily Financial Times Deutschland earlier cited two people...
