All Civil UAVs articles – Page 44

  • UAV - France - Eurosatory - Rex
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    France looks to deter UAV flights over nuclear sites

    2015-01-29T12:07:39Z

    The French government and its National Research Agency (ANR) are looking for technology that would be used to prevent unmanned air vehicles flying over nuclear facilities, bids for which need to be submitted by 2 February.

  • UAV - Rex Features
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    NATS and ARPAS-UK form UAV safety partnership

    2015-01-27T09:14:31Z

    ​The UK’s primary air traffic management provider has signed a safety agreement with an unmanned air vehicle trade association to promote the safe use of small UAVs in UK airspace.

  • DARPA CODE UAV - DARPA
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    DARPA invites industry to explore collaborative UAV technology

    2015-01-23T18:07:30Z

    ​The USA’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a solicitation inviting industry to be involved in the first phase of an effort to develop “collaborative autonomy” capabilities for unmanned air vehicles.

  • Orion - Aurora Flight Sciences
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    Aurora seeks Orion production start after record flight

    2015-01-22T21:45:20Z

    Aurora Flight Sciences hopes to launch production of up to seven or eight slightly improved versions of the Orion after the medium altitude long endurance unmanned air system broke the official and unofficial records for endurance with an 80h flight.

  • Goblin Shark
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    Goblin Shark micro-UAV provides 360-degree vision

    2015-01-21T21:24:28Z

    ​Tuscon, Arizona-based Brock Technologies has launched a new line of small, tube-launched unmanned air system (UAS) that can provide 360 degree situational awareness with a distributed camera system. Unlike the deep-sea monstrosity it shares a name with, the Goblin Shark has excellent vision. It's four-to-eight camera payload can provide 360-degree ...

  • OH-58 Kiowa - US Army
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    US Army continues to face financial challenge of rotary fleet maintenance

    2015-01-21T15:33:25Z

    The US Army has warned that its rotary fleet will continue to be streamlined as US budget sequestration increases pressure to reduce costs.

  • Tanan II - Airbus Defence & Space
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    Airbus touts Tanan UAV's UK potential

    2015-01-21T11:55:28Z

    ​Airbus Defence & Space is working towards the certification of its Tanan rotary unmanned air vehicle demonstrator, which could be a consideration for the Royal Navy as the force assesses it maritime surveillance options.

  • MQ-9 Reaper - USAF
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    Single Reaper passes flight hour milestone

    2015-01-14T03:12:52Z

    ​Following a 17-hour combat sortie in support of the US military’s operations in Afghanistan, a single US Air Force General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper unmanned air vehicle surpassed a record 20,000 flight hours to date.

  • Lockheed Indago small UAS
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    Lockheed consolidates position to access civilian UAV market

    2015-01-13T20:49:51Z

    ​New Years Eve came and went without the US Federal Aviation Administration publishing a set of rules governing the operation of unmanned air vehicles within the national airspace. It would be the first step toward opening US skies to commercial application of small UAVs.

  • SpyLite - BlueBird
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    Greek police to acquire more BlueBird UAS

    2015-01-13T16:31:45Z

    ​The Greek police force has purchased an additional number of unmanned air systems made by Israeli company BlueBird.

  • UAV, German police, photographer - Rex Features
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    FAA teams up with CNN to explore future role of UAVs in journalism

    2015-01-13T14:18:33Z

    ​The US Federal Aviation Administration has teamed with news network CNN to explore the integration of more sophisticated unmanned air vehicles into news gathering.

  • SandShark UAV - Northrop Grumman
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    Netherlands to host first European UAV training facility

    2015-01-12T17:12:15Z

    ​The Netherlands government and Strat Aero have signed a letter of intent for the establishment of an unmanned air vehicle training facility focused on the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper platforms.

  • AR4 Light Ray Fogo volcano monitoring - Tekever
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    VIDEO: UAV monitors Pico do Fogo lava flow

    2015-01-09T16:35:45Z

    ​A Portuguese unmanned air vehicle was deployed to Cape Verde to provide aerial surveillance of the Pico do Fogo volcanic eruption that took place in November.

  • RQ-21A Black Jack - Insitu
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    US NAVAIR orders three Blackjack UAV systems

    2015-01-08T11:15:33Z

    ​Insitu has been awarded a contract worth some $42 million to provide three RQ-21A Black Jack unmanned air vehicle systems to the US Navy Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).

  • X-47B cat 200
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    E-2D units will command future UCLASS fleet

    2015-01-07T21:26:15Z

    ​The US Navy has decided to embed its future unmanned surveillance and strike aircraft in the same air wing that operates the Northrop Grumman E-2C/D, an airborne command and control platform.

  • Predator Block 1+
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    US border agency halts UAS fleet expansion plans

    2015-01-07T16:32:53Z

    ​The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency no longer plans to acquire 14 more medium altitude unmanned air systems and faces stinging new criticisms about the effectiveness of the current fleet of 10 aircraft.

  • Phantom 2 Vision+ - DJI
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    US FAA awards UAV property surveillance exemption

    2015-01-07T15:36:29Z

    ​An unmanned air vehicle has been authorised to carry out aerial photography of real estate in the USA, following the first exemption award for this application by the Federal Aviation Administration.

  • Puma AE BP - AeroVironment
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    Small UAV market to be worth $8.4 billion by 2019

    2015-01-06T16:51:22Z

    ​Market analysts have predicted that the value of the small unmanned air vehicle market will surpass $8.4 billion by 2018, with commercial usage dominating this market by 2019.

  • News

    France's La Poste adds its offering to UAV parcel delivery dream

    2015-01-06T12:19:15Z

    ​Joining a succession of companies envisioning delivering parcels using unmanned air vehicles, France’s La Poste has claimed that it has successfully tested a delivery in a real situation using a UAV.

  • MQ-8C USS Jason Dunham - Northrop Grumman
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    VIDEO: MQ-8C flies from USN destroyer

    2014-12-24T12:24:55Z

    ​The US Navy’s new Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned air vehicle has been flown at-sea for the first time, carrying out 22 take-offs and precision landings from the USS Jason Dunham destroyer.