Engineers working on the TerraLuma Project at the University of Tasmania, Australia are bringing hyperspectral capabilities to their fleet of unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
Category Archives: Payloads
US Navy Issues Urgent Order to Equip MQ-8 Fire Scout with Maritime Surveillance Radar
U.S. Navy officials have issued an urgent order to equip the service’s MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter with the Telephonics Corp. RDR-1700 maritime-surveillance radar system. Continue reading
UAV Vision Launches Multi-Aerostat Solution for Harsh Environments
UAV Vision has announced the launch of its new complete turnkey Aerostat solution – the complete IP66 solution for harsh enviroments, such as Aerostats which can be operated in the desert for over 24 hours in all weather conditions. Continue reading
Syrian MiG-21 Upgraded to Carry Chemical Weapons without Pilot
A Syrian MiG-21, flown into Jordan last June by Syrian Air Force Colonel Hassan Hamada, had been upgraded to fly without a pilot and to carry chemical weapons. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Gets $33M US Navy Fire Scout Radar System Testing Contract
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems is being awarded a $33,270,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the development, production, integration, and testing of nine radar systems on the MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Take-off and Landing Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicle. Continue reading
Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 – Successful Integration with Riegl’s New VQ‑820‑GU Hydrographic Airborne Scanner
Schiebel and Riegl Laser Measurement Systems GmbH have announced the successful integration of the Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) together with the Riegl VQ-820-GU Hydrographic Airborne Sensor. Continue reading
Selex Galileo Gabbiano T-20 Radar Demonstrated on Hermes 450 UAS
Recent flight tests saw SELEX Galileo’s Gabbiano T-20 Radar successfully demonstrate ground-mapping and target detection capabilities in a series of flight trials aboard Elbit Systems Hermes 450 UAS. Continue reading
Bodkin Design Gets US Air Force Contract to develop Switchable Polarising Camera for UAS
Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E) has been awarded a Phase I SBIR contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a switchable polarising camera element. Continue reading