Civil UAVs – Page 65
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FARNBOROUGH 2008: BAE Mantis offers Predator alternative
BAE Mantis offers Predator alternative
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Ducted fan battlefield resupply UAV could fly in 2009
A half-scale demonstrator of a ducted fan vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle called the VTOL...
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Insitu ScanEagle demonstrates NanoSAR
Boeing, Insitu and miniature synthetic aperture radar developer ImSAR have demonstrated the real-time processing...
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Swan's ice detector follows from windshear system
Australian company Swan International is aiming for certification in the third quarter of this year of an in-flight ice detection system that uses optical...
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Urban Aeronautics' Panda UAV makes flight debut
The prototype of Urban Aeronautics' Panda ducted fan unmanned air vehicle has performed a first series of tests flights. "The flights were successful and...
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Electroluminescence is key to invisibility
Flight has obtained these images of a 2m (6.55ft)-wingspan unmanned air vehicle fitted with an electroluminescent surface flying at an altitude of 1,000ft...
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Accounting scandal forces Thielert insolvency
German powerplant maker Thielert Aircraft Engines has filed for insolvency and sacked its founder and chief executive after a financial crisis centred on...
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Coaxial rotorcraft nano air vehicle to be sold from 2010
A coaxial rotorcraft nano air vehicle (NAV) with a mass of less than 20g (0.7oz), a maximum length of 100mm (3.93in) and a video camera payload capability...
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COTS UAV makes arctic debut
A Norwegian university has flown an autonomous unmanned air vehicle equipped with meteorological sensors over the Spitzbergen/Svalbard island in the arctic...
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Modified Diamond flies on fuel cells
A piloted, fuel cell-powered aircraft was flown by Boeing three times during February and March. The two-seat Diamond Aircraft Dimona motor-glider,...
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French special forces pick Elbit's Skylark UAV
France's special operations command has received an initial number of Elbit...
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Fully autonomous quad tilt wing UAV makes maiden flight
A fully autonomous quad tilt wing unmanned air vehicle has made its first successful take-off, forward flight and landing. The Chiba...