Target Arm Gets Research Grant from US Air Force

Target Arm has announced that the United States Air Force, through MD-5, recently awarded funding for research and feasibility analysis for adding Precision Navigation to Talon, while on the move, beginning February 4, 2019. Continue reading →

Terra Drone Optimizes Long-Distance Power Line Inspection

Crew members in Thailand

Terra Drone conducted a long-distance power line inspection for EGAT (Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand) and a power energy distributor in Poland and completed 12 km power line mapping in a day. The purpose of the mission was to research the distance between power lines and the surrounding vegetation and to create tree-trimming report. As a result, the company  provided them with high-quality images of power line with about 1 cm GSD and a detailed tree-trimming report.

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World’s Only Flying Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet

The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet was a German rocket-powered interceptor aircraft. Designed by Alexander Lippisch, it is the only rocket-powered fighter aircraft ever to have been operational and the first piloted aircraft of any type to exceed 1000 km/h (621 mph) in level flight.

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GA-ASI and Raytheon Prove New Digital Sensors

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Raytheon Deutschland GmbH based in Freising, Germany, have successfully proven the performance of a recently developed Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) sensor called the Advanced Radar Detection System (ARDS).  The payload was integrated in a wing-mounted pod and test-flown on an MQ-9 RPAS. Continue reading →