Last week a three-foot model airplane crashed into a federal building in Waltham, Massachusetts. Federal investigators from DHS and the FBI promptly began investigating the incident, but so far no evidence exists to suggest any foul play. Continue reading
Category Archives: Accident Reporting
US Air Force Report Highlights UAS Vulnerability to Cyber Attacks on GPS
A day after the announcement of the downing of a RQ-170 in Iran, the Public Intelligence website received an FOUO report entitled “Operating Next-Generation Remotely Piloted Aircraft for Irregular Warfare” published in April 2011 by the US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. Continue reading
Iran Hacked RQ-170 GPS – Fooled into Autopilot Landing in Iran
Iran guided the CIA’s “lost” RQ-170 to an intact landing inside hostile territory by exploiting a navigational weakness long-known to the US military, according to an Iranian engineer now working on the captured drone’s systems inside Iran. Continue reading
Iran Refuses to Return RQ-170
Photo: David Cenciotti
Iran has rejected a US call for the return of an unmanned surveillance aircraft captured by Iran’s military earlier this month. Continue reading
MQ-9 Crashes on Landing at Seychelles International Airport
Photo : Le Seychellois Hebdo
A US unmanned surveillance aircraft crashed on Tuesday at Seychelles international airport on the main island of Mahe, the US embassy said. Continue reading
US Asks Iran to Return Lost RQ-170
Photo: David Cenciotto
The US Government is asking Iran to return the Lockheed Martin-built RQ-170 Sentinel that was recently downed over that country. Continue reading
Iran’s RQ-170 – Real or Fake ?
Photo: The Aviationist
A former senior Pentagon official with extensive knowledge of unmanned aircraft expressed great scepticism of the aircraft supposed to be a stealth RQ-170 shown on Iranian television.
Iran Shows Off Downed RQ-170 on State TV
Iran has released video of the unmanned Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel that apparently crash-landed inside Iran. Continue reading