Bye UAS E-RPV
Eish yet another acronym invented E-RPV, it must be Friday A solar-powered, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) soon will be rolling…
September UAS contracts for General Atomics, Georgia Tech, Northrop Grumman,TCOM and Navmar
Lots of money flowing into military UAS. Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga., is being awarded a $25,135,974 cost-plus-fixed-fee,…
FCC Outlines Vision for Deployable Aerial Communications Architecture
Hurricane Irene caused widespread power outages that knocked out communications. Cell phone sites have emergency power, but after a period…
UMS selects EasyPilot from Instrument Control, Sweden to provide the autopilot for CT-450
After considerable efforts in identifying a suitable autopilot system for the CT-450 Discover I Tactical Unmanned Air System, UMS is…
Air Drone CEO Justin Chapman Has Written the UAV FAA Manual for the Hollywood Movie Industry
Mundus Group, Inc. subsidiary Air Drone’s Justin Chapman wrote in 2010 the FAA Manual for movie industry safety and standardization…
Boeing iPhone app flies drone 3000 miles away
Students at MIT’s Humans and Automation Lab and researchers at Boeing Research & Technology, Boeing’s advanced, central R&D unit, are…
Defense Companies Positioned for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Forecasted Growth
A recent article by Reuters (Drone Makers Seek Out New Targetswww.reuters.com/article/2011/09/23/us-drones-idUSTRE78M4HE20110923) outlines the Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) industries bet on increased spending…
Pentagon attack threat from C4 filled model aircraft.
It had to happen, Opensource autopilots and simple electric flying platforms. An exotic mix. Its not that hard to make…
Turkey seeks to offset the pilotless aircraft setbacks
Turkey’s first drone airplane called Anka is seen during a roll out ceremony at the Turkish Aerospace Space Industries, or…
UK first person view flyers (FPV) no longer require a second pilot on the sticks.
FPV UK is very pleased to announce that on the 21st September 2011 the CAA authorised First Person View flying as…