AR Drone just released this new video of the 2.o version fitted with an HD video camera. Continue reading
Category Archives: Payloads
Schiebel Camcopter Goes Hollywood
Brain Farm Digital Cinema, Snaproll Media, and Schiebel have announced that the CAMCOPTER S-100 achieved the first ever UAS first flight with the CINEFLEX camera. Continue reading
Data Overload Limits US Air Force UAS Growth
The US Air Force decided to reduce its purchases of Reapers from 48 last year to 24 in the proposed Fiscal Year 2013 budget. Continue reading
AAI and KOR Electronics Enter Into Strategic Alliance
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems and KOR Electronics Defense Solutions, a subsidiary of Mercury Computer Systems, announced a strategic alliance that combines AAI’s expertise as a UAS systems integrator with KOR’s signals intelligence (SIGINT) equipment. Continue reading
FLIR Announces Tau SWIR 15 Micron Camera
FLIR Systems has announced the availability of the Tau SWIR 15, a rugged compact and low-power shortwave imager incorporating FLIR’s new 15 micron pixel 640×515 InGaAs focal plane array. Continue reading
Israel Developing Miniature Radar Linking Troops to UAS
The IDF Ground Forces Command is developing a miniature radar system that would link ground troops directly to UAS operations. Continue reading
US Marines Pick Classified Weapon for Shadow
The U.S. Marine Corps has chosen a classified weapon to arm the AAI RQ-7B Shadow tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS) for a field evaluation in Afghanistan. Continue reading
Logos Technologies Demonstrates Kestrel for US Border Security
Logos Technologies successfully showcased its Kestrel day/night wide-area persistent surveillance system at a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) demonstration in Nogales, Arizona. Continue reading