U.S.: UAVs Assist Search and Rescue Efforts
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced that MQ-1 Predator and Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper UAVs successfully supported local law enforcement officials in their efforts to find...
Aerial Photography Using UAVS: New Developments
SenseFly has unveiled its patent-pending technology for oblique images, that enables its fixed-wing mapping UAVs to take extraordinary images without the use of a...
Russian Regions to Operate Local Civilian UAVs
Every region within Russia will have its own UAV department to conduct rescue operations, the Emergency Situations Minister announced.
"Special branches that will be equipped...
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New Flying Car Transforms into Aircraft
Advanced Tactics, a small aerospace company, released details about its AT Transformer vehicle technology and announced that a full-scale technology demonstrator has completed its...
UAVs Aid U.S. Border Agencies
Monitoring and policing 7,000 miles of border shared by the United States and its northern and southern neighbors has always been a tall order...
New U.S. Navy Surveillance UAV
Northrop Grumman and the Navy say they’ve just completed the ninth flight trial of the Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS), an improvement upon its...
A World Breakthrough in UAV Propulsion
A cooperation between Israel and Singapore has resulted in a breakthrough in powering unmanned air systems. "This will change the world of UAVs and...
New Russian Rotary-Wing UAV
Russian Helicopters, the company that produces rotorcraft in Russia, has shown a demonstrator future rotary-wing unmanned aircraft system to the country’s Airborne Forces (VDV),...
FAA Selected Operators for Civil UAV Test Sites
The FAA has selected six test sites across the U.S. to conduct civil unmanned aircraft system (UAV) research. Geographic and climatic diversity were key...
India to Buy More Israeli UAVs
India is buying 15 Israeli Heron UAVs, according to the Times of India.
According to Defense News India already operates a fleet of Israeli UAVs,...
Civilian Radar Operators to Support U.S. Army in Afghanistan
Radar experts at the Northrop Grumman Corp. Electronic Systems segment in Linthicum, Md., will continue to operate and support a system designed to detect...
Israeli Weapon System to be Used by U.S. Armed UAVs
The U.S. Defense Department wants to arm more drones with lightweight, precision-guided weapons to support a larger range of combat missions.
According to Defense Tech...
China to Deploy “Advanced ” UAS on Aircraft Carrier
Experts say that China may use its first aircart carrier for the operation of different types of UAS.
Beijing's first aircraft carrier has returned from...
Uruguay: New Police UAVs Enter Service
In the framework of a local safe city program, which includes the installation of hundreds of security cameras especially in the downtown area of...
Raised Security Around British UAV Bases
The British Ministry of Defense is drastically tightening security around air bases that have reportedly been used by the U.S. to launch unmanned air...
Madrid Tests UAS for City Surveillance
Madrid City Hall is testing a UAS with plans to watch the city from the air. The aim is for them to be used...
New U.S. Road Map for Unmanned Vehicles
Strategy and budget realities are two aspects of the U.S. Defense Department’s new Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap, released on Tuesday. The report to Congress...
DARPA is Looking for New UAV Ideas
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded contracts to five defense firms to develop ideas for new unmanned aerial systems that will...
U.S. Navy: UCLASS Will be Bigger, and Stealthy
The U.S Navy’s unmanned carrier launched airborne surveillance and strike (UCLASS) program has evolved to call for a jet that is much larger and...
NASA’s Global Hawk UAV Flew 21-Hour Mission Over the Arctic
Northrop Grumman Corporation, the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and a team of international science organizations successfully flew a Northrop Grumman-produced NASA Global Hawk...
For the First Time in Israel: Civilian UAV Permits
The Israeli Civilian Aviation Authority (RTA) gave aviation permits to two UAV operators. The permits are the first of their kind given in this...