WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – The University of Hartford has received a $2.4 million federal grant to help the U.S. Army develop the next generation of small, unmanned flying vehicles. University officials say the goal will be to create an aerial vehicle about the size of a soda can that would provide video and audio surveillance, mark targets and detect...
Septentrio will start shipping its new AsteRx3 receiver in the first quarter of 2010. The AsteRx3 is, a compact multi-frequency GPS/GLONASS/Galileo, and Compass-ready receiver designed for integration in demanding precision positioning, navigation, and automation applications such as land and maritime survey, machine control, UAV payloads, and others. Providing simultaneous access to legacy and modernized GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo signals...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Jan. 28– Wyle has signed an agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop formal flight and sensor operator training courses designed to enhance the proficiency and competence of Air Force Research Laboratory small unmanned aircraft systems flight operations with the goal of minimizing unmanned aircraft mishaps. Wyle and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)...
The DEWline reports. The managing director of the Market Intelligence Group (MIG), Herlik has gone public on YouTube with his frustration about what he calls an “illegal” move by a former Space Command official to countermand a direct order by a former USAF chief of staff. I’ve excerpted the key passage from the video below: “Why aren’t we doing...
Certainly one to watch in the 2010 Australian Outback Challenge, the team has designed their own autopilot and are now integrating it into their airframe. Good luck to them and all the other contenders! Follow built blog progress here Website here If the quality of the website is anything to go by it should be a cracking entry into...
Not the first quadrocopter to have wings attached, but if all the web noise is to be believed it is!! No doubt a wing/rotary solution will form part of the future, the US military thought the V22 Osprey was the answer to everything and just see what happened there! Here’s a similar winged...
Drones, small unmanned aerial vehicles also referred to as ‘birds,’ have typically been used in only military applications. The San Diego State University’s Visualization Center has been working with firefighters in an attempt to show the drone’s usefulness to the fire service as well. “One big difference with the military birds is many of them are very expensive ....
In what may be a UK first an sUAS has been lost in the centre of a major city within Class A airspace. John Wallbank, who owns photocopying and design company, Copycat based in Edinburgh is offering a £500 pound reward for the return of the X6. No doubt the after recent changes to UK airlaw the CAA will...
TUCSON, Arizona – BAE Systems, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has completed the first successful test flight of its small, electric-powered Coyote unmanned aircraft system. The system deployed in midair from a 3-foot-long sonobuoy dropped from a P-3 aircraft. The flight, which lasted 49 minutes, marks a significant milestone in the development of the...
Lives and millions of dollars could be saved using solar technology and a new unmanned flight system design for round-the-clock surveillance. Queensland University of Technology engineers are creating a solar unmanned airborne vehicle capable of providing 24-hour services to emergency services, without fuel or pollution. The Green Falcon solar UAV – designed by PHD student, Wessam Al Sabban and...
