All Civil UAVs articles – Page 60
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Mind control on the UAV brain
Along with its biologically inspired unmanned systems research, engineers at the University of Maryland are delving into novel operator control concepts for unmanned air vehicles.
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AUVSI: Endurance flagging? Power your UAV with lasers instead!
If a UAV's endurance isn't quite up to snuff, independent research and development firm LaserMotive (booth 227) says it has the answer: laser power beaming. Using...
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Iran unveils unmanned bomber
Iran unveiled its new unmanned aerial vehicle 22 Aug, a bomber largely based on the South African Skua target drone. Israeli analysts say the Iranians...
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Patroller wins first contract in French fire detection trials
Sagem's Patroller unmanned air vehicle surveillance system is to run a series of imaging trials in southern France, carrying a Sagem Euroflir gyrostabilised...
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NewsScanEagle makes move on NATO AWACS, V-22
Unmanned aircraft could soon be controlled by Boeing E-3A airborne warning and control system (AWACS) jets operated on counter-piracy missions by NATO.
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NewsSuperfast in-flight connectivity on horizon as Inmarsat reveals $1.2b Ka plan
Ultra-high-speed in-flight connectivity via Ka-band satellites is on the horizon for commercial and business aircraft operators following Inmarsat's decision...
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PICTURES: Russia's Zala Aero flies long-endurance UAV
Russia's Zala Aero has flown a new medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air vehicle named the Zala 421-20 ...
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FARNBOROUGH: Delcam helping to boost productivity
Midlands-based Delcam is at Farnborough to demonstrate how it can help aerospace companies of all size boost their manufacturing productivity.
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FARNBOROUGH: Manx firm shows smallest turbine
The smallest axial flow gas turbine was brought to the show by Isle of Man engineering firm Bladon Jets
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FARNBOROUGH: General Atomics gets manned
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, maker of the family of Predator unmanned air vehicles, is getting into the manned aircraft game.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Phantom Ray to get 747 piggyback ride to California
Boeing's medium-altitude Phantom Ray unmanned air vehicle will get a piggyback ride on a 747 to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California for testing, the company announced at the show.
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FARNBOROUGH: Dates fixed for Bahrain air show
The links between the UK and the Gulf state of Bahrain were strengthened yesterday when Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, chairman of the supreme organising committee for the Bahrain International Airshow and Farnborough International signed an agreement to jointly organise the Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) 2012, which will run ...
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FARNBOROUGH: Flightglobal's Picarella meets the public
Flightglobal artist Joe Picarella yesterday delighted fans of his dazzling cutaways with signing sessions at the show, appearing in front of Northrop Grumman's...
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FARNBOROUGH: Columbia flags up its high-end skills
Columbia Precision has an unmanned air vehicle engine at Farnborough to highlight its precision manufacturing capabilities. The UK company...
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FARNBOROUGH: TAI unveils Anka unmanned air vehicle
Turkish Aerospace Industries rolled out its first indigenous medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air vehicle in Ankara on 16 July ...
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Solar Impulse: Seeing the light
The Solar Impulse flight proved it is possible to achieve carbon-free flying in a manned aircraft. But can commercial aviation ever harness power from the Sun?
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FARNBOROUGH: Piedmont promotes new-wave UAS technology ahead of Mars mission
Torino Piemonte Aerospace (hall 1, stand D16) is at Farnborough to represent small to medium-sized enterprises based in Italy's Piedmont region, which has...
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FARNBOROUGH: BlueBird shows gun-launched UAV
BlueBird is demonstrating at the show its Micro-B unmanned air vehicle, launched using a pneumatic "gun".
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FARNBOROUGH: Cutaway & technical description: Defying convention - Boeing A160 Hummingbird
As the international aerospace community converges on the 47th Farnborough air show, models and mock-ups of Boeing's A160 Hummingbird will be on hand as part of the US aerospace company's massive showing, which includes its own unmanned air vehicle pavilion.
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NASA Airstar: taking the simulator out to play
NASA researchers are taking subscale models out of the windtunnel and into the atmosphere in a safety programme