BY JEFFERSON MORLEY So you want to be a drone pilot? Have a seat in the operator’s control station that guides the remotely piloted aircraft. You could be sitting in a trailer on Creech Air Force Base in Nevada or doing your duty at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. From this perch, you can see a battle space on the other...
by Nicole Martinelli Airborne newsgathering is a hot topic, but some experts believe that drone journalism may have a hard time really getting off the ground. After spotting cameras on the wing snapping spectacular footage of protests and natural disasters, I wanted to learn more, so I enlisted Burt Herman of Hacks/Hackers and we gathered Chris Anderson of Wired, Jennifer Lynch of the EFF,...
L-3 Integrated Optical Systems announced today that it has been selected by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for the next phase of the Ultra Wide Field of View Wide Area Airborne Surveillance Sensor (WAASS) development program. This surveillance system research and development program will continue to demonstrate a wide area persistent imaging surveillance sensor that provides situational awareness...
The U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded CSC (NYSE: CSC) an Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) contract to deliver streaming Video as a Service. This is an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) multiple award contract (MAC) with three prime awardees. The contract has a 60-month period of performance, with a total maximum value of $874 million. Under the...
BY JENNIFER ROBISON LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL A state economic-diversification agency has selected a panel of business and government leaders to help build Nevada’s aerospace economy. The Governor’s Office of Economic Development announced Monday that 15 people will serve in a group to oversee Nevada’s efforts to obtain a Federal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence designation for the development of unmanned...
Nigel King and Quest UAV have been out and about again. South West Water and the University of Exeter will assess images taken by the vehicle as part of a plan to re-wet Exmoor’s blanket bogs. The drone flies at a height of 300m (985ft) and can capture images at a rate of one per second. The project aims...
Is this another save the Global Hawk campaign? A United Nations unmanned aircraft peace keeping force may be on the cards or more likely they might purchase time or information from military drones already in service. Questions were asked of Eduardo del Buey, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General at a meeting on Tuesday the 27th of March 2012 answered:-...
From This is Bristol A PROTEST in the city centre against a conference on unmanned drone aircraft ended with seven people being arrested. About 75 people gathered outside Armada House in Telephone Avenue and in Baldwin Street at about 9am yesterday to disrupt and protest against the Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle Conference. They argued that the aircraft – known as...
Fort Worth, TX & Hunt Valley, MD – April 2, 2012 – Bell Helicopter and Textron Systems operating unit AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, both Textron Inc. companies (NYSE: TXT), have teamed to develop a Manned Unmanned Operations (MUMO) Capability Development Laboratory in Huntsville, AL. to enable a software and hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) development test capability using operationally relevant systems specific...
By Calli Forbes Sherwood Park News A Sherwood Park-based air cadets squadron was given some help from Strathcona County on Thursday, as they look to raise funds to send them soaring over to England this summer. The 12 Edmonton Royal Canadian Air Cadets Squadron received $5,500 from the county in order to help send the group to represent Canada...
13.5-pound Small Tactical Munition Phase II designed for unmanned aircraft systems Raytheon Company’s RTN +0.66% Small Tactical Munition Phase II scored a direct hit on a target during the weapon’s first guided flight test. “STM Phase II is ideally suited to weaponize Shadow-class unmanned aircraft systems and counterinsurgency aircraft because STM is a mature, precise and affordable weapon,” said Dr. Thomas R....
Army Aviation Association of America – AeroVironment, Inc. AVAV -0.30% today unveiled a new miniature gimbaled sensor payload on the battle-proven RQ-11B Raven small unmanned aircraft system at the Army Aviation Association of America Annual Professional Forum and Exposition. The modular payload includes a high-resolution color and an infrared thermal video sensor, as well as a laser illuminator integrated into a multi-axis...
This paper is meant to enlighten people on possible environmental related uses that unmanned aircraft systems are doing presently, and dispel pre-conceptions that UAS can only be used for martial (military and police) or spying (movies and espionage) uses. The topics that will be covered in this paper to teach people are farming, fire, hurricane studies, flooding, oil exploration,...
A sad story. but one that underlines the effectiveness of UAS in the search and rescue role. Gene Robinson from RP search services flew over the scene and spotted something in the water that warranted investigation by a Police helicopter. Our condolences go to the family of Devon Davis. From Texas Eccusearch http://texasequusearch.org/ Found Deceased: Devon Davis, 2 1/2 Yrs., Cleveland,...
By: David Schwab, WDAY Leaders at Northland Community and Technical College just returned from an invite only conference by Northrop Grumman. The defense technology company continues to strengthen its ties with the UAV manufacturer. Tyler Beckman is one of three Northland Community and Technical College students to be the first to graduate with a degree in unmanned aerial systems maintenance....
By Ann Schrader The Denver Post For nearly 30 years, Front Range Airport has sprawled on prairie land near the Eastern Plains town of Watkins, managing to cling to life as development dreams have been dashed. Now, those dreams are once again at the forefront as the 4,000-acre airport’s long-sought prosperity hinges on a mix of futuristic space travel, unmanned...
Australian-based Millswood Engineering (www.millswoodeng.com.au) has developed a new onboard generator for small to medium-sized UAVs. Onboard electrical power generation is useful for extending the range and endurance of unmanned aircraft. Coupled with a suitable brushless DC motor, the new Power Management Unit (PMU) performs all of the functions necessary to assemble a high-performance and full-featured power generation system. The...
The contemporary market offers a number of autopilots for MAV in the budget price range. Rapid development of electronic technologies allows expanding functional capabilities of flight controllers, therefore making existing ones obsolete. SmartAP – is an autopilot, developed using the latest element base at the moment, which allowed us to include maximum functionality in minimum dimensions (printed circuit board...
Project Ursula is a two-year research and development programme between Callen-Lenz and Environment Systems to explore the potential for field-specific scanning using unmanned drones to capture high-definition field images. Viewed as an alternative to satellite imagery, it captures a greater level of detail – useful for the basis of a Green Area Index for example – to allow greater...
Anna Williams The Ambler Sleepy old Amble, right? Nothing much goes on here, right? It’s not like we’re home to a Mars exploration research project, or equipment to survey the Antarctic, right? Er – wrong. What started out three years ago as a series of aerial photography surveys for a University has now been developed into a global high-tech...
Higher Colleges of Technology Teams mentored by Northrop Grumman Engineers, will design, build and fly an automated unmanned aerial vehicle. Teams will demonstrate what they have learned in a flying competition in April 2012. The winning team will be invited to attend AUVSI’s (Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International) Unmanned Systems North America, 7-10 August 2012 in Las Vegas,...
The Alberta Aviation Museum hosted a press conference at 10am Friday March 30 at the Aviation Museum to announce a special program to promote youth in Aerospace with an international twist. The Alberta Aviation Museum received an invitation from the Schools Aerospace Challenge, which takes place at the prestigious Cranfield University in England, to field the First Canadian Team...
Singapore has bagged top prizes in two categories in an international Unmanned Aerial Vehicle design contest. Two teams from Nanyang Technological University faced competition from over 90 groups hailing from China and Taiwan. They were placed first in the “Best Navigational Flight Design” and “Best Fundamental Design (Motor)” categories. The annual contest is organised by Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung...
NuWaves Engineering, an international Radio Frequency (RF) solutions company, has been selected to join the University of Dayton Research Institute’s Center for Unmanned Aerial System Exploitation (CUE) consortium. CUE was established in September 2009 under a grant from the Ohio Third Frontier programme to meet increasing demand for sensor & payload integration, systems analysis, and flight demonstration & test...
In the March 27, 2012’s edition of the Los Angeles Times, John Villasenor, UCLA professor, contributed an Op-Ed piece with the suggestion that drone proliferation raises an issue that has received too little attention: the threat that they could be used to carry out terrorist attacks. AMA President, Bob Brown, immediately replied to the piece with the following message:...
Natalie Blair SALINA, Kan. — The progress of small unmanned aircraft systems integration into the national airspace, their use in emergency and disaster response, and their commercial use are all topics to be addressed during the Commercial and Civil Small UAS Conference hosted by Kansas State University and the Kansas Adjutant General’s Department, Tuesday, June 12 in Wichita, Kan....
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