Category: UAV

Elbit’s Hermes 900 MALE UAV: $70 million contract

Elbit Systems Ltd. won a roughly $70 million contract to supply intelligence integrated systems based on Hermes 900 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and an intelligence gathering system for homeland security applications in Latin America....

First Anti-UAV Defence System

The world’s first fully integrated detect-track-disrupt Anti-UAV Defence System (AUDS) launched by a trio of British companies features a quad band radio frequency (RF) inhibitor/jammer, an optical disruptor and rapid deployment features The AUDS system...

Success for the P.1HH HammerHead  

The Italian air force has confirmed that it will be the launch customer for the Piaggio Aerospace P.1HH HammerHead unmanned air vehicle, as it commits to purchasing three systems. This will consist of six air vehicles...

Commercial Use of Drones – Cons and Pros

    audio here Huge commercial potential of UAVs has already prompted many entrepreneurs to start using them in their businesses. Drones are already in great demand among filmmakers who seek impressive camera shots....

1st Global Hawk flight over Europe

1st Global Hawk flight over Europe

The aircraft flew from an air base in the Mediterranean and across several European countries, including the UK, as part of a NATO trial known as Unified Vision 2014. The flights aim to assist...

US Navy Autonomous Aerial Cargo and Utility System

US Navy Autonomous Aerial Cargo and Utility System

The U.S. Navy has successfully demonstrated the Autonomous Aerial Cargo and Utility System (AACUS), which allows current, full-size helicopters to be remotely controlled by a tablet device. Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder, USN, chief of naval...

Army cleared to fly next-generation eye-in-the-sky

Army cleared to fly next-generation eye-in-the-sky

Approval has been given for the Army’s own pilots to begin live-flying the unarmed Watchkeeper from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire; up until now it has been only been trialled by industry. Gathering crucial information...

Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Regulation by ENAC

Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Regulation by ENAC

On 22nd January 2014, it was officially presented the Italian regulation on remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS). Following the introduction of RPAS in the “concept of aircraft” (see art.743 of the Italian Navigation Code),...

UAV Comparative Analysis

Bye Aerospace, Inc. and BoldIQ, Inc. concluded an extensive analysis that projects the long endurance Silent Guardian, a solar-electric hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV offers twice the mission productivity (effective time on station versus total sortie flight...

Us DoD “Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap”

Us DoD “Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap”

Us DoD recently published a document “Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap” (download here) with the purpose to articulate a vision and strategy for the continued development, production, test, training, operation, and sustainment of unmanned systems technology...