BRIDGEPORT, WV-) – Aurora Flight Sciences today announced the delivery of the first complete ship set of composite aerospace structures to Northrop Grumman Corporation for the U.S. Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) program. Aurora manufactures the aft fuselage, forward nacelle, mid nacelle, aft nacelle, and V-tail assemblies of the MQ-4C BAMS UAS aircraft at its...
Elbit Systems Ltd. has won a $50 million contract to supply its Hermes 900 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to a country in the Americas. The company did not disclose the name of the customer, which will use the UAVs for perimeter security missions. Delivery will be made over one year. The multi-mission Hermes 900 is an upgrade of Elbit Systems’...
Yatish Yadav In the second week of December, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flew over the Maoist-hit areas of Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh, picking up images of village dwellings and human movement. At the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) control room the information was treated as a major breakthrough since the drones deployed in the area had so far...
Four months after the disappearance of Rajasthan nurse Bhanwari Devi, the CBI flew an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over the area where her body is suspected to have been disposed of, scouring the terrain for any visible sign of her remains. Investigators zoomed in on the suspected area on Monday after questioning key suspect Om Prakash Bishnoi, who is...
Recapping this year’s events offers much in the way of food for thought, but does little to uplift a depressed business plan, having been under the clown shoe of oppression for many moons. Let us take a moment to hearken back to the faint whispers of the spirit of integration effort past, circa November 2006… “60 to 90 days tops,...
An artist is a spy. She looks around her, noting “top secret” details. Then she conveys this forbidden knowledge to her spy network (i.e. the walls of her gallery). Anne Surprenant is one such spy, revealing the secrets of unmanned aerial vehicles in “Out Of the Blue,” a show at the gallery at R&F Handmade Paints in Kingston. Unmanned...
Are the FAA and Directorate of Defense Trade Controls acting much like Nero and fiddling whilst an emerging American technology industry burns? Every once in a while things hit a price and availability point that takes them from niche to mass market. Two products may this year hammer a nail into the coffin of American sUAS start ups. One an airframe...
The whole Project URSULA team met for a two day conference to discuss what has been a very fruitful year in Aberystwyth earlier this month. What has been achieved in year one you might ask? Here’s a brief résumé: Official launch event in March Full flying season over a number of farms with multiple crop sampling Launch and flying...
Not sure this is right at all. By CNN National Security Producer Jennifer Rizzo When the highly classified RQ-170 Sentinel drone crashed in Iran recently, there were many questions about how this could happen. Then, a few days later, a Predator drone crashed on the island nation of Seychelles. Are drones falling out of the sky? These recent high-profile...
The U.S. Army is developing a helicopter-like, VTOL (vertical-take-off-and-landing) UAS (unmanned aircraft system) with a DARPA-sponsored ARGUS wide-area surveillance sensor suite designed to beam back information and images of the surrounding terrain. The U.S. Army is using a hybrid-type acquisition approach to develop a helicopter-like, VTOL (vertical-take-off-and-landing) UAS (unmanned aerial system) with a DARPA-sponsored ARGUS wide-area surveillance sensor suite designed to beam back information and images of the surrounding terrain, service...
By: Kristen Daum, INFORUM FARGO – Law enforcement officials in the Fargo-Moorhead area said they haven’t used unmanned surveillance aircraft to search for wanted criminals, but they aren’t closing the door to the idea. North Dakota’s federal lawmakers said they also support it as an option when necessary under unique circumstances. But civil rights activists want strict standards put in...
In a bid to draw engineering students towards research-based projects, the National Design and Research Forum (NDRF), part of the The Institution of Engineers, will start an internship programme for students, wherein students will work on micro air vehicle (MAV) projects across the country. “NDRF has active projects going on in the field of micro-air vehicles with the funding...
Helicopters, HTML & democracy: be a HACKER-JOURNALIST Making software in the newsroom is the best job I’ve ever had. It’s great work, and it’s for a purpose. We’re not here to “save journalism” (whatever that means) — we’re here to save democracy. Requirements A passion for the news Serious programming skills An understanding of the inner workings of the...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection received an unmanned aircraft today, the fourth at National Air Security Operations Center in Sierra Vista, Ariz. Flights performed from this location will provide critical aerial surveillance to CBP border security personnel on the ground along the Southwest border. The arrival of the Predator-B marks the second of two unmanned aircraft earmarked in the...
Imagine if the next coat of paint you put on the outside of your home generates electricity from light—electricity that can be used to power the appliances and equipment on the inside. A team of researchers at the University of Notre Dame has made a major advance toward this vision by creating an inexpensive “solar paint” that uses semiconducting...
The sUAS used on Animal Planets, Whale Wars was built and designed in Wichita, Kansas by Jimmy Prouty at Hanger 18. Its going to show for the first time to many people that civilian sUAS exist and are as good if not better than some military equivalents. Airframe basics Wingspan 2.2m Fuselage: 25″ long, 3″ diameter. The Osprey was designed as...
HUNTSVILLE AL Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, commonly called UAV’s, are a critical tool for our troops. The Army is working to improve those tools right in the Tennessee Valley. “They’re basically the hunting dog before the hunter. It allows the soldier to see what’s out in front of it before it gets there,” said Bryan Black, Chief of Interoperability for...
Raytheon has been given the contract to ready the AV Switchblade airframe to be launched from submarine waste disposal units. Now I bet that was not part of the first design brief! Chuck it out let it float up and then launch. How will it communicate with the sub if its at any depth though and how quickly will any aircraft looking for...
On December 19, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the establishment of a 2 million square foot engineering and applied sciences university campus in the heart of New York City. The New York-based Cornell University and the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology, were chosen to oversee the new institution. “Thanks to this outstanding partnership and groundbreaking proposal from...
Marcus UAV unmanned aerial vehicles systems offer realtime video and high resolution aerial images on demand. They are the superior alternative to flying traditional aircraft for aerial surveillance and analysis. They provide images for aerial photography, exploration, disaster recovery, and a multitude of other uses. The Zephyr micro uav is an easy to use package of equipment that contains...
Well done the Attopilot team for its their aircraft that undertook these missions. The Sea Shepherd crew has intercepted the Japanese whaling fleet on Christmas Day, a thousand miles north of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. The Sea Shepherd ship, Steve Irwin, deployed a drone to successfully locate and photograph the Japanese factory shipNisshin Maru on December 24th. Once the pursuit began,...
Thanks to all that have sent cards and emails, many kind words very much appreciated. Best wishes for tomorrow. Be safe and have a wonderful Christmas. Lets hope next year finally brings UAS in the NAS over in America. From all of us at sUAS News. (We particularly liked the UAV Factory card) Bookmark It Hide...
PATUXENT RIVER, Md., Dec. 22 (UPI) — Northrop Grumman’s tailless X-47B unmanned combat air system has been delivered to the U.S. Navy following a year of testing. The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command said the aircraft — the first fixed-wing unmanned aerial system designed for use from an aircraft carrier — was tested at Edwards Air Force Base in...
Good job the local Police did’nt realise what Brian was doing was illegal… Reminds me of a similar flyaway incident in Scotland. A photographer working on a documentary focusing on Willamette Falls in Oregon has lost a UAV he was using to shoot aerial photos earlier this month, and some residents are taking s dim view of his search...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Dec 21, 2011 – Raven Industries Aerostar aided the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Vehicle Research Section on September 1, 2011 on achieving successful unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight tests for the Autonomous Deployment Demonstration (ADD) program. The flight demonstration series, located at the Yuma Proving Grounds in Yuma, Arizona, consisted of eight high altitude balloon releases at...
Senator John Hoeven today outlined three key steps that will help establish Grand Forks as a regional center for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). These include: Language in the Department of Defense Authorization Bill requiring the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish UAS National Airspace integration pilot projects Passage of a funding measure supporting Global Hawk programs, and Recent coordination...
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. — A South Carolina Army National Guard unit is conducting practice flights over Berkeley County Airport with a small unmanned aerial vehicle. Guard spokesman Tim Irvin says soldiers from A company, 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, are scheduled to use the small UAV on Wednesday so they can prepare for an upcoming deployment. The UAV, which...
