All articles by Craig Hoyle – Page 82
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DSEi: Manpower issues frustrate RN ScanEagle introduction
The UK Royal Navy expects to conduct its first contractor-supported operations with the ScanEagle unmanned system from late this year ...
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UK airports team up for UAS development opportunity
Two regional UK airports have formalised a plan to offer development, test and evaluation and training facilities for the unmanned air system sector ...
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DSEi: Watchkeeper nears delayed service introduction
The British Army expects its late-running Watchkeeper tactical unmanned air system to secure release to service approval before the end of 2013, but the...
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UK, Norway could share F-35 support work
Norway and the UK are to explore increased co-operation on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, saying opportunities exist in "technical maintenance...
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UK hails Hawk T2 training performance
Early use of the RAF's Hawk T2s has dramatically boosted the quality of instruction being provided to UK students, officials say ...
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Crowsnest AEW project to cost up to £500mn, UK says
Further details of the UK Royal Navy's Crowsnest next-generation airborne early warning programme have been disclosed by the nation's Ministry of Defence,...
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Danish AW101s to get MX-15 sensor fit
Denmark is to equipment some of its AW101 transport helicopters with L-3 Wescam's MX-15 sensor ...
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AUVSI: USMC nears RQ-21A operational test phase
The US Marine Corps expects to launch the initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) activity for its Insitu RQ-21A Integrator small tactical UAS from...
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AUVSI: East African customer buys Responder UAVs
ING Robotic Aviation is celebrating a new sale of its Responder UAV, with the Canadian company having been contracted to supply two of the rotary-wing systems.
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AUVSI: MBDA keeps Saber bomb testing on target
MBDA is advancing flight trials involving its Saber glide weapon, which the company is touting for possible integration with small and medium UAV platforms.
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AUVSI: Insitu looks to widen civilian ScanEagle applications
Buoyed by the recent receipt of type certification approval to support oil exploration activities off the coast of Alaska with its ScanEagle UAS, Insitu (booth 2513) is looking to increase its provision of surveillance services to civilian customers.
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AUVSI: Tests start on Atro-X tip-jet propulsion system
Ground testing is underway on a key technology for an innovative vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) UAV that is being developed by the Unmanned Systems Group.
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AUVSI: Roke promotes enhanced ground target tracker
UK company Roke is promoting a new version of an automated product that is intended to simplify the task of analysing the countless hours of video footage captured by UAS and manned surveillance aircraft.
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AUVSI: Plextek tests Blighter radar against rogue UAS
Eyeing a requirement to protect critical infrastructure from an unconventional attack, UK company Plextek Consulting has demonstrated the ability of its Blighter ground-based surveillance radar to track the flight of small unmanned air systems (SUAS).
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AUVSI: Skeldar customer to use TASE400 lightweight camera
Saab has contracted UTC Aerospace Systems company Cloud Cap Technology to provide lightweight surveillance cameras for the Skeldar vertical take-off and landing UAVs recently sold to an undisclosed launch customer, understood to be the Spanish navy.
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AUVSI: Unmanned Systems Group debuts Discoverer II UAV
Europe's Unmanned Systems Group is exhibiting its new Discoverer II tactical UAV at the show, with the design already involved in initial flight testing.
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PICTURE: Turkey's first A400M gets airborne
Airbus Military has performed a 5h 30min first flight with an A400M transport for the Turkish air force ...
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PICTURE: Russia flies trainer-variant Mi-28UB
Rostvertol has performed the first flight of a UB trainer version of the Mi-28 attack helicopter ...
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French budget plan applies brakes to Rafale, A400M deliveries
Deliveries of the Rafale and A400M for the French air force could be slowed significantly under a proposed new planning law ...
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PICTURE: Marshall Aerospace delivers Austria's first upgraded Hercules
Austria's air force has received its first of three Lockheed Martin C-130K tactical transports to have undergone avionics modernisation in the UK, with its second example due to enter work next month.