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Boeing to launch 3D camera
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 8, 2010 — The Boeing Company today announced it has begun offering a new, compact, energy-efficient camera that provides three-dimensional images for military and commercial applications. Boeing Directed Energy Systems and wholly owned Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab have jointly developed the camera using their own research and development funding, and successfully... »
AMA set out there sUAS stall
Interesting comments from AMA President Dave Mathewson http://www.modelaircraft.org/files/0410Mathewson.pdf Model aviation has faced its share of challenges throughout the years. Urban sprawl threatening good,established flying sites; the scrutiny that model aviation, as well as a number of other activities, came under after the attacks of 9/11; and the decades-long battle to obtain and retain frequencies set aside for... »
WWII RadioPlane flies again.
Found a great blog post… http://rcaircraft.blogspot.com/2010/03/wwii-uav-flies-again.html Marilyn Monroes old company »
Digital upgrade for Raven
AeroVironment Inc. (AVAV: News ) announced that it received firm fixed-price orders valued at $20.73 million for digital Raven unmanned aircraft systems and digital retrofit kits, and $17.14 million for Raven system spare parts, repairs and training services for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. The orders were released under the existing U.S. Army... »
OPV DA42 preparing for flight trials.
Not small, but OPV’s are a stepping stone towards sUAS in the NAS, just love using that phrase! MANASSAS, VA — (Marketwire) — 02/17/10 — Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that the DA42M aircraft that will serve as its Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) prototype has arrived at its Manassas, Virginia facility. The DA42M is a 4-place, twin-engine general... »
TERP II India’s first indigenous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
MKU has developed India’s first indigenous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle christened ‘TERP-II’. It will be showcasing a prototype of TERP-II at the Defexpo-2010 which is undergoing advanced testing routines at this moment. It plans to officially launch the ‘TERP-II’ by the middle of this year. The TERP II is a... »
Indian MAV’s shown at Defence Expo 2010
DRDO Rolls Out Multi-Purpose Micro Air Vehicles Indian scientists from Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) are presently developing Micro Air Vehicles (MAV) for varied defence applications such as surveillance and disaster management. These MAVs are made of a unique mix of material and are not easily detectable by radars. The research and development on the... »
New Open Source UAV Autopilot launched.
In a week containing several new offerings this one stood out as the most exciting. Based on an ARM chip and being bought together by a very enthusiastic team the Open Pilot project could be a game changer. Listen to Angus Peart and David Ankers on the DIYdrones Podcast Read more here :- http://openpilot.org/ Forums here http://forums.openpilot.org/ »
UK Police Force in trouble over UAV arrest.
From the Guardian Newspaper in the UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/15/police-drone-arrest-backfires For Merseyside police, the “eye in the sky” arrest was a landmark moment in policing history. The force had managed to track down and apprehend a teenager who had fled from a presumed stolen Renault Clio, senior officers revealed, by using a remote-controlled flying robot equipped with thermal... »
First UK police UAS arrest
From the Liverpool Echo http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2010/02/11/merseyside-police-make-uk-s-first-ever-flying-drone-arrest-in-litherland-100252-25810555/ MERSEYSIDE police made the first ever arrest in the UK using a flying drone to catch a suspected car thief in thick fog. It swooped into action in Litherland to find a suspect who was hiding at night in poor visibility. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) acts as a flying CCTV and thermal... »