All articles by Zach Rosenberg – Page 26
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AUVSI: Cobham delivers releases
One of the major benefits of AUVSI is that many of the vehicles displayed are relatively compact.
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AUVSI: BAMS gets signals intelligence by FY2019
The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) will pick up a signals intelligence (sigint) payload and communications relay (comms) payload...
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AUVSI: US export controls hurt industry, says NGC
Restrictions on export are hurting US industry without protecting US technology, said Northrop Grumman chairman, president and CEO Wes Bush.
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AUVSI: Global Hawk operations update
Two Block 20 Global Hawk aircraft have been modified to accept the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN), a communications relay, Northrop Grumman...
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AUVSI: Firebird displays at Empire Challenge
Northrop Grumman's Firebird performed flawlessly at Empire Challenge, said Steve Nichols, program manager at the company.
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AUVSI: AME to integrate AAI launcher
After six months of discussions, UAV manufacturer AME has announced its intent to integrate the prototype Fury 1500 onto launchers used by AAI.
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NewsAUVSI: Datron Scout gains altitude
Datron has officially upped the ceiling of their Scout mini-UAV after demonstrating operational capabilities at 13,000ft.
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AUVSI: HDT Global wins French contract
Maritime craft air delivery systems (MCADS) built by HDT Global subsidiary Airborne Systems, was selected in July by the French Direction Generale de l'Armement (DGA) as the preferred aerial delivery system for a new line of Zodiac-built boats
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NewsDARPA loses contact with HTV-2
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency prematurely lost contact with the hypersonic test vehicle on its second and final flight ...
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NewsSpaceX eyes Mars
SpaceX has had a good year to date. It has unveiled a new version of its Falcon 9 rocket - which will launch twice the payload of the nearest competitor, at half the cost - and has already begun construction of the specialised pad required to launch it.
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NewsNASA selects seven suborbital companies
NASA has awarded contracts to seven companies for payload integration and suborbital flight. The two-year contracts, worth $10m altogether, include...
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NewsAAI flies heavily modified Shadow
AAI has confirmed flights of two heavily modified versions of its RQ-7 Shadow unmanned air vehicle ...
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AUVSI - Heavy Fuel Engines
New military UAVs are increasingly required to run on jet fuel, to boost commonality with other equipment
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NewsAUVSI - Flying with or without pilots
Could optionally piloted vehicles strike a happy balance between human judgement and the versatility of unmanned systems?
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NewsBoeing selects Atlas V as manned spaceflight launcher
Boeing has selected the Atlas V to launch the manned CST-100 capsule into orbit. The Atlas V, built by United Launch Alliance (ULA), was chosen by...
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NewsUS UAV Programme Updates
When it comes to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, the unmanned air vehicle is king.
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NewsWhat comes after Atlantis?
As NASA prepares to bring the Space Shuttle home for the last time this week, the flagship International Space Station programme loses its principle supply-and-service vehicle and the US space programme returns to its uncomfortable late-1970s status of being unable to launch an astronaut to orbit
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NewsNASA, ULA sign agreement to develop human-rating Atlas V rocket
United Launch Alliance (ULA) and NASA have announced the signing of an unfunded space act agreement (SAA) to develop human-rating the Atlas V rocket.
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NewsP&W Rocketdyne fires J-2X
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has announced the first firing of the J-2X, the liquid fuel rocket that will power the second stage of the Space Launch System. The...
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Xcor to fly telescope
XCOR and the Planetary Science Institute (PSI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to fly a scientific payload aboard Xcor's Lynx suborbital...