Boeing subsidiary Insitu has sold several export variants of its Integrator unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to international customers, the company said last week. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2013
US Navy Laser Canon Blasts UAS Out of the Sky
The Laser Weapon System (LaWS) temporarily installed aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) (shown here conducting an operational test) in San Diego, California, is a technology demonstrator built by the Naval Sea Systems Command from commercial fiber solid state lasers, utilizing combination methods developed at the Naval Research Laboratory. Continue reading
US Animal Rights Organisation PETA Buys Octocopters to Track Illegal Hunting
Animal rights organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) announced plans to launch hunter- and fisher-tracking unmanned aircraft in American airspace. Continue reading
Boeing Gets $19M US Navy Contract for Flying Torpedoes
Airborne weapons experts at the Boeing Co. got the go-ahead to start building add-on kits for the U.S. Navy Mark 54 lightweight torpedo that will enable the weapon to glide through the air from altitudes as high as 30,000 feet and enable the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol jet to attack enemy submarines from long ranges. Continue reading
AeroVironment Gets $13.8M US Army Raven Contract Extension
AeroVironment Inc. announced that it received $13,800,062 of incremental funding on March 30, 2013 from the United States Army for continued performance of a contract action with a not to exceed value of $65,538,759. Continue reading
Iowa State University UAS at Make to Innovate Expo
Students at Iowa State University showed off their creations last week on campus believe that one day UAS will dot Iowa’s skies, saving lives and improving the environment one unmanned flight at a time. Continue reading
DJI Phantom Vision UAS has Integrated 14MP HD Camera
DJI Innovations has launched the Phantom Vision, the industry’s first professional grade, consumer-focused quadcopter with integrated HD camera. Based upon the popular Phantom platform, the Phantom Vision provides hobbyists and professional videographers alike the capability to capture full HD video and pictures right out of the box. Continue reading
Human Error Caused MQ-9 Reaper Crash in Nevada
A series of errors led to the crash* of an MQ-9 Reaper in an unpopulated area three miles northeast of Mount Irish, Douglas County, Nevada, Dec. 5, 2012, according to an Air Combat Command Abbreviated Accident Investigation Board report released on Tuesday. Continue reading