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...
On 28th Sept., the handover ceremony of the first emergency monitoring vehicle of national geographic information was held in Nanning, Guanxi. Vice Minister of the Ministry of National Land and Resources (MNLR) and Director General of SBSMG Xu Deming attended the ceremony and delivered a speech. Secretary of CPC committee of CASM Li Yongchun, Vice president of CASM Xin...
Waterloo, CANADA – While NATO countries fly unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) high above Libya, none of these UAVs, or the vital intelligence they provide, was available to the Libyans fighting to free their country – they were fighting blind. So, they got one of their own. It can now be disclosed that the Libyan rebels have been using the Aeryon...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2011 AUVSI, Booth #738 — FreeWave Technologies, manufacturer of the most reliable, high-performance spread spectrum and licensed radios for critical data transmission, today announced its radios for government and defense applications have logged more than one million hours of flight time since the company began shipping its first military radio in 1997. The one million milestone...
By Chris Haddox When Boeing’s hydrogen-powered unmanned airborne system (UAS) Phantom Eye takes to the skies for its first flight later this summer, it will be the first Boeing program to sport the new livery that represents Phantom Works, its employees and the unlimited possibilities of things to come for the organization in the future. Phantom Works President Darryl...
The U.S. Navy/Northrop Grumman/U.S. Air Force flight test team tasked with evaluating the performance of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) carrier demonstration aircraft has been awarded the 2011 James S. McDonnell Award for Outstanding Team Achievement in the Field of Flight Test Engineering by the Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE). The team was recognized for testing innovations related...
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 14 Aug. 2011. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designers at Northrop Grumman Corp. Aerospace Systems sector in San Diego are joining the U.S. Air Force Sand Dragon UAV program to defeat improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and other roadside bombs. Northrop Grumman won a $26.2 million contract Friday for the Air Force Sand Dragon B program to develop and deploy a UAV with...
The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) cleared aRs.1,540 crore proposal from the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), the Bangalore-based defence laboratory, to design and develop an advanced version of its Rustom-1 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)—which will significantly enhance the capability of the country’s Armed Forces. ADE director P.S. Krishnan said the lab received the approval around 10 days ago. Of...
Florida Today reports the mounting excitement in the emergency services community within the USA. They are getting themselves ready for flight, the pressure on the FAA continues. Perhaps marching off to some Army units to receive some training with their systems might be in order first for Police and Fire operators. Whats missing from all of the enthusiastic reporting...
Very sad but I guess inevitable had to happen one day. Being reported on hobby forums, last weekend (27./28.11.2010) somebody broke into the University of Bergen, Norway and stole three Paparazzi-equipped autonomous aircrafts/systems for atmospheric research based on the Multiplex Funjet. The break-in was very precisely targeted to only the systems that had been used in many measurement campaigns. Any information...
