Civil UAVs – Page 67
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NewsCabure 2 mini UAV makes debut flight
Nostromo Defensa of Argentina has carried out the first flights of its new Cabure 2 mini unmanned air vehicle, an evolution of the existing Cabure 1 type. The...
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NewsUS safety body demands unmanned air vehicle changes following Predator crash
After investigating an unmanned air vehicle accident in the USA in 2006, the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that transponders in UAVs...
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First Italian solar powered UAV makes debut flights
Researchers from Turin Polytechnic University have for the first time flown a solar-powered unmanned air vehicle demonstrator as part of ongoing European...
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Italy's volcano-monitoring UAV to make debut
Italy’s University of Bologna is to this week make the debut flights of a purpose developed unmanned air vehicle intended for use in low altitude monitoring of volcanos.
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China’s Black Buzzard unveils unmanned air vehicle trio
The previously unknown Beijing Black Buzzard Aviation Technology, a privately owned Chinese company, has unveiled two micro-turbine powered unmanned air...
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ICAO push for aviation radio spectrum
The International Civil Aviation Organisation general assembly has given the green light to the launch of a campaign to secure...
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Boeing to supply A160T for DARPA gigapixel sensor demo
Boeing is to supply an A160T Hummingbird unmanned helicopter as a platform for...
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ICAO asks Air Navigation Commission to recommend on UAV accident investigation requirements
The International Civil Aviation Organisation general assembly has referred proposals for the modification of aircraft...
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Submarine-launched UAV concept wins student design competition
A design for an autonomous compact rotorcraft deployable from a submarine and intended to be used to transport special forces personnel won the first prize...
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Aerovironment to build new Global Observer
Aerovironment has been awarded a $57 million contract by the US Special Operations Command to build a new version of its Global Observer high-altitude long-endurance...
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Littoral surveillance trial for Sky Spirit UAV
Lockheed Martin MS2 Tactical Systems says it is seeking export release approvals to conduct a demonstration of its Sky Spirit unmanned air vehicle as a littoral...
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Cyberflight prepares to fly new tactical unmanned air vehicle
UK-based Cyberflight has unveiled a small tactical class unmanned air vehicle and a revised configuration of...
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Technology notes 25 September 2007
Early control design saves money AVIONICS Developing an aircraft's flight-control system at an earlier stage to avoid later costly redesign is the...
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Nostromo Defensa's Yagua UAV first flight set for 2008
Nostromo Defensa of Argentina is planning to a fly its developmental Yagua small unmanned air vehicle for the first time early in 2008 with wing designs...