Thales and Aerovisión have given a real flight demonstration of the UAV Fulmar (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) for the European Agency Frontex, the organism in charge of coordinating the border control operations of the European Union member states. Fulmar is a wholly Spanish project that is a global solution that uses the Maritime Surveillance Systems of ThalesGroup. These systems supply...
CLMax Engineering and Procerus Technologies (www.procerus.com) have worked together to integrate Procerus’ closed loop vision-based terminal guidance technologies, OnPoint Onboard (TM), into the Piranha Micro Air Vehicle. The combined system provides users a method to rapidly deploy and precisely deliver lethal and non lethal payloads within one meter of a selected target. Successful engagements have been completed in high...
The Mesa County Sheriff’s Department has purchased a small drone aircraft for $14,000 to use in investigations and in search and rescue operations. Sheriff’s officers demonstrated the 4-foot-long, 9-pound vehicle Friday. The plane can stay airborne for an hour, fly at an altitude of 400 feet and send video and infrared images to ground controllers. “If we get the...
Probably by this summer, the Army will be floating a new idea past the troops for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Not a program of record, but something the Army expects to test in Afghanistan this summer, the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle. It’s a hybrid air vehicle — like a blimp — that can carry multiple ISR payloads for more...
CHELMSFORD, Mass., 13 Jan. 2012. The Mercury Federal Systems subsidiary of Mercury Computer Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:MRCY), a provider of commercially developed, application-ready intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) subsystems, provided its onboard real-time image processing and storage subsystems to the Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) for the U.S. Air Force’s Gorgon Stare (GS) persistent surveillance system, currently deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom. The Air Force’s Gorgon...
Beginning to be posted left right and centre with Information Week leading the charge. It was well known that XP was the OS of choice. U.S. Air Force switched drones’ ground control operating system after a credential-grabbing malware outbreak. Security expert thinks it’s more than coincidence. By Mathew J. Schwartz InformationWeek January 12, 2012 02:59 PM Did a Windows virus outbreak...
Interesting this, in that Armenia is friendly with both Russia and Iran. In the frames of Armenian Robots Open Championship (ArmRobotics) the Union of Information Technologies Enterprises (UITE) announces registration for the ‘Unmanned Aerial Vehicle’ (UAV) contest. The participants of this contest must design and prepare robots which must recognize the navigation signs and send pictures of the area...
RCAPA cites incongruities in the UAS ARC charter and what is transpiring as part of an alleged “public process”. The charter and membership roster FOIA requested by sUAS News is applicable and of concern to the small business, end-user and academic community stakeholders. This egregious oversight is yet another example of what many in the global airspace integration community...
An Aeryon Scout is assisting Canadian Police officers in a missing man search. Chatham-Kent police will use a drone helicopter today to search for Brandon Sands, a 25-year-old Wallaceburg man missing since Dec. 24. Sands was last seen leaving a house party around 1 a.m. Police say he left after feeling ill and vomitting and was not wearing a...
Using a Grand Forks Predator to help in a civil arrest may have opened up a can of worms for rule makers in the USA. Harley Geiger Policy Counsel from the Center for Democracy and Technology wrote to sUAS News to underline CDT’s position. Some sensible stuff here. As you are aware, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) intends to issue...
This one caused a wry smile from Patrick and I, we have several FOIA’s in and yep they take ages to respond. Government Withholds Information on Drone Flight Authorizations San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit today against the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), demanding data on certifications and authorizations the agency has issued for the...
A project which hopes to improve the reliability of unmanned aircraft used to assess disaster zones has received hundreds of thousands of pounds to get it off the ground. The ‘New Foundational Structures for Engineering Verified Multi-Unmanned Aerial Vehicles’ project was awarded funding worth £650,000 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The project, which is a...
FAIRBANKS — Camera-equipped drones flew over Nome this week to help a Russian fuel tanker, the Renda, get a perspective on the sea ice near the town’s harbor. The Renda is sailing to Nome to deliver fuel. The town’s supply is expected to run out before spring. The tanker is accompanied by U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy, which opens...
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Jan. 11, 2012 — AME Unmanned Air Systems, Inc., a Chandler/May company, announced today that retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Sean Frisbee has been named Vice President, AME Unmanned Air Systems, and will oversee the development, production, and manufacturing of the company’s portfolio of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), including the Fury® 1500 UAS, also known...
ND airspace plan raises questions, concerns By Dan Namowitz A proposal to create new restricted airspace in North Dakota for training of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)raises more questions than it answers, undermines safety, and would set a dangerous precedent in creating additional restricted airspace for use solely by UAS, AOPA said, urging members to comment on the proposal by Feb. 12....
By John Nolan, Staff Writer From Dayton General News The Dayton-Springfield area may have a new ally in its quest to become a center for unmanned aircraft development. Maj. Gen. Deborah Ashenhurst, who oversees the Ohio Army and Air National Guard, is the state’s new gatekeeper on requests for space to fly unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs. Ashenhurst said...
FAUN TRACKWAY, a manufacturer of mobility solutions technology, announced that the company won an order for its new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Aircraft Landing Mat (ALM) from the Australian armed forces. The contract is worth approximately $1.1 million dollars and is the first sale of the new UAV-specific landing mat. With the first temporary UAV landing mat to hit...
Heres another operator flying commercially in the NAS illegally in the USA, the airframe is actually an Australian Cybereye cyberQuad. I wonder if it will be able to pass ASTM F38 muster. It is a very accomplished platform and operators in Europe and Australia are able completely legally to undertake this simple task. Just the thing sUAS are made...
Being reported by GLOBES Yuval Azoulai Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) (TASE: ARSP.B1) has signed one of its largest arms deals, for the sale of $1.1 billion worth of missiles, anti-missile systems, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), intelligence and other systems. In a brief notice to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE), IAI announced that it has signed a four-year $1.1 billion...
The AR.Drone 2.0 is at the crossroads where high-tech meets Icarus dream. Fly like a bird. View the earth from high above in high definition. Share your experience online with your friends. With the AR.Drone smartphone app for iPhone, iPad and Android devices. You will be close to fly like a bird. Official website: http://www.ardrone2.com COMING IN 2012 This new flight...
Aurora Flight Sciences has been awarded a contract by Boeing Defense, Space & Security to design and fabricate structural components for the revolutionary Boeing SolarEagle unmanned aircraft. Aurora will design and fabricate the ribs and skins for the 400 foot long wing and the solar collection panels. The work includes components for both a subscale test article and a...
Step forward Drone Journalists, the new version of the popular Android and iOS controlled quad the Parrot AR.Drone now sports an HD camera. More importantly its improved sensors allow for better outdoor flight at altitude and a nifty new travelling feature lets users get the shot easily. Protected propellers are also a great advantage when flying amongst people. Top that off...
Some big claims for a new design. While the effectiveness of UAV systems is far more about systems innovation and systems integration than about platform design, the ability to effectively deploy these systems hinges heavily upon the choice of platform. This applies particularly to advanced sensory, weapons and communication systems, particularly those having significant bulk or mass. Drawing on...
A new chair for the committee shaping standards for UAS flight in the USA. Ted Wierzbanowski is a retired USAF Colonel and an experimental test pilot. He has been deeply involved in advanced aircraft development since the early 80s when he was the first Air Force test pilot/project manager for the X-29 program. During that time he also was the fighter...
These guidelines have been referenced numerous times in stories and commentary across the web and here as recently as part of the 2011 year wrap up. They are posted here as both a reference for what has been done not just as far as written down, but what was a baseline for small business viability and a fraction of what...
by Sgt. Keven Parry Combat Aviation Brigade Public Affairs FORT RILEY, Kan. – The Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, is planning on adding a new combat strength to their capabilities in March with the addition of an unmanned aerial system company. F Company, CAB, will contribute to the brigade’s mission by flying the Gray Eagle Unmanned Aerial System....
BAE Systems, Nashua, New Hampshire, was awarded a $12,290,244 firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for T-Pod Systems on the MQ-1C Unmanned Aircraft System. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Solicitation Number: W15P7T-12-R-C009 Notice Type: Sources Sought Synopsis: Added: Dec 02, 2011 10:49 am Information sought from qualified sources to meet requirements for a SIGINT Pod...
