Aurora Flight Sciences announced that General Norton A. Schwartz, retired Air Force Chief of Staff, has been elected to its Board of Directors. General Schwartz entered the Air Force Academy in 1969 and retired as the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force in 2012 in a career spanning over 43 years. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2013
RPAS 2013 Conference & Regulatory Forum Programme Announced
Today the programme of the RPAS 2013 Conference & Regulatory Forum was published. The 15th edition of this annual international event will take place at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, Belgium on 24-27 June 2013 (the week following the Paris Air Show). Continue reading
Boeing X-48C Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft Completes Flight Testing
The Boeing X-48C research aircraft flew for the 30th and final time April 9, marking the successful completion of an eight-month flight-test programme to explore and further validate the aerodynamic characteristics of the Blended Wing Body design concept. Continue reading
South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Promotes Civil MALE UAS Development
The South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is making progress in integrating national research and testing efforts aimed at putting technologies in place for a medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial system through the Civil Commercial Unmanned Aerial System (CCUAS) project. Continue reading
US Air Force Research Lab Studies Bat Flight for Micro Aircraft Development
“Biology has taught us a huge amount about flight,”‘ says Kenny Breuer, professor of engineering at the Air Force Research Laboratory. Continue reading
UAV Factory Delivers Gimbal Retraction Mechanism
UAV Factory started deliveries of GR-01 gimbal retraction mechanism. GR-01 gimbal retract mechanism is specifically designed for OTUS U135 gyro-stabilized gimbals from DST CONTROL AB.
DARPA’s Micro-Technology for Positioning, Navigation and Timing (Micro-PNT) without GPS
The U.S. Military relies on the space-based Global Positioning System (GPS) to aid air, land and sea navigation. Like the GPS units in many automobiles today, a simple receiver and some processing power is all that is needed for accurate navigation. Continue reading
X-47B Unmanned Aerial Refueling Demo Victim Of Cuts
Plans to demonstrate autonomous aerial refueling of the Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat aircraft are a casualty of cuts in the U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2014 budget. Continue reading