Civil UAVs – Page 60
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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
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Boeing reveals plans for Phantom Eye UAV
Boeing has revealed more details about the timeline, plans and capabilities of the high-altitude long-endurance Phantom Eye unmanned aircraft system. Phantom...
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ILA: VIDEO - Schiebel reveals Camcopter capability boost after UAV's show display
In the wake of the Camcopter S-100's public demonstration at the ILA air show, manufacturer Schiebel has presented an upgrade package...
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ILA: Rockwell Collins report highlights UAS advances
Rockwell Collins launched an online publication at the Berlin air show to highlight the advances being made in support of unmanned air system operations ...
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ILA: Northrop-led team ready to submit final offer for NATO AGS
An international team led by Northrop Grumman will submit its final proposal for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance programme this week ...
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NewsVTOL UAV could aid fight against pirates
Israeli firm Innocon is flight testing a fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing UAV designed for shipboard operations ...
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UAV airspace sharing moves forward with Australia's SmartSkies project
Australian researchers are preparing to demonstrate by year-end an automated separation management system (ASMS) they hope will allow manned and unmanned...
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Spinning disc flight tests planned for 2010
Researchers in the UK hope to achieve "powered, Frisbee-like flight" with a spinning disc concept for miniature unmanned air vehicles.
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UK starts $47 million ASTRAEA II UAV project
A UK unmanned air vehicle sense-and-avoid project will continue with a £30.5 million ($46.9 million) second stage, 18 months after its £32 million first...