UAS-Drones
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UAS-DronesAir Force stands up first unmanned aircraft systems wing
Nellis, USA - The United States Air Forces 432nd Wing will be the first without boarded pilot
"This new Wing it's the natural development of the aeronautical unmanned system program and represents the next step in the Uav operations at medium and high altitude", Colonel Chambliss affirmed after... more
UAS-DronesThales wants to produce a new imaging system
London, United Kingdom - To be installed on UAVs and surveillance planes
Thales Land and Joint Systems has announced its intention to manufacture an innovative bi-spectral thermal imaging system to be installed on UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and other surveillance planes. Thales... more
UAS-DronesTwo important acquisition announced by L-3 Communications
Washington, USA - In UAV and satellite communication fields
Double success for L-3 Communications, that, together with the acquisition of Geneva Aerospace, yesterday announced the acquisition of Global Communications Solutions, gaining the control on two important... more
UAS-Drones22nd International UAV conference
Bristol, UK - Cresswell: rules rationalization needed
Last week, the University of Bristol hosted the 22nd International UAV conference. The two-day event was inaugurated by Alex Cresswell, Thales UK vice president for intelligence, surveillance (ISTAR)... more
UAS-Drones"UAV Outback Rescue Challenge", an unmissable competition
Brisbane, Australia - USD 60,000 to be won
The Queensland government, Australia, has promoted the "UAV Outback Rescue Challenge", a new and interesting competition aimed to award the best UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) designed and built for outback... more
UAS-DronesBoeing Prepares First U.S. Military ScanEagle Crews
St. Louis , USA - Assignment to the U.S. Air Force 820th Security Forces Group
"The Boeing Company has graduated its first U.S. military ScanEagle crews from its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Training Center in Clovis, N.M.. The airmen, assigned to the U.S. Air Force 820th Security... more
UAS-DronesThe Italian Army's new Ravens under DGAA's examination
Rome, Italy - A new lot of 12 drones operating within 2008
The article 745 contained in the new Code of Navigation's air force section, according to the Legislative Decree 151/2006, sets that the Ministry of Defense is the only authorised body for giving the military... more
UAS-DronesAlenia Aeronautica: first flight for the Sky-X UAV
Rome, Italy - Conceived for a wide range of civil and security missions, ground observation, surveillance and strategic reconnaissance
The Sky-X, the Alenia Aeronautica next-generation unmanned demonstrator aircraft, has made the first flight in Italy. Entirely financed, designed, developed and manufactured by Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica... more
UAS-DronesIran flattens an American UAV
Teheran , Iran - It complains of different invasions in its air space by USA
"Fars" Iranian Agency, citing the deputy Seyed Nezam Mola Hoveizeh, has made known the news on a shooting-down in Iran of a spy UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, occurred in last days, and did not clarify... more
UAS-DronesBoeing demonstrates the technologies for the UAV Automated aerial refueling capability
Seattle, USA - Under a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory industry team
Under a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory industry team, the Boeing Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) program successfully completed flight tests in August that demonstrated for the first time an unmanned... more
UAS-DronesIsrael wants to use the UAVs as refueling planes
Tel Aviv, Israel - The news has been reported by Israeli press sources
According to an Israeli military press agency, the Israeli Air Force is considering the possibility to use the UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) as aircraft for flight refuelling, both for other UAVs and... more
UAS-DronesThe first UAV pilots school in Lapland?
Helsinki, Finland - That is the Robonic's proposal
Finland's Robonic decided to study the possibility to create a flight school for UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) pilots in cooperation with national and international partners and with the town of Kemijärvi,... more
UAS-DronesUAV used to patrol the Swiss boundary
Berne, Switzerland - The drones have flown over the frontier
Swiss security sources have confirmed the use of drones (remote controlled) to surveille the boundary, and stop people entering in illegal way in Switzerland. The news has been given by the command... more
UAS-Drones"Falco" receives an award from Frost & Sullivan
Rome, Italy - It is the "Product Differentiation Innovation" Award
"Falco", the UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) produced by Galileo Avionica, received the 2006 "Product Differentiation Innovation" Award from prestigious consultancy company Frost & Sullivan. Experts motivated... more
UAS-DronesEADS: a new reconnaissance UAV
Paris, France - Replacing the "Barracuda"
EADS Military Air Systems intends to replace its "Barracuda" UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) that was lost on September 23 with a new aircraft which will shift away from low observable configuration towards... more
UAS-DronesAMI: 1600 hours of flight for Predator
Baghdad, Iraq - The first flight occurred on January 29 2005
On the eve of the return in Italy from Iraq of soldiers and means of the 28th Guided Vehicles Group, UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle the, Italian Air Force has announced to have realized 1600 hours of flights,... more
UAS-DronesDrones to patrol the USA-Mexico border
Washinigton, USA - The UAV will be used by the US Army to prevent illegal immigration
After months of tests the United States have chosen which will be the drone to be used to patrol the border with Mexico, in order to prevent the illegal immigration. And so after a ceremony which has been... more
UAS-DronesUAV test in Australia
Canberra, Australia - For coast surveillance
The Australian Defense Ministry announced it successfully completed tests on the chance to use remote-control UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) for coast surveillance in the North of the Country. During tests,... more
UAS-DronesIndonesia has started procedure to buy UAV from Israel
Jakarta, Indonesia - The Indonesian Defense denied to having violated rules to purchase drones
The spokesmen of the Indonesian Armed Forces denied the accusations made by the Jakarta Parliament about possible irregularities on the procedures to purchase UAV planes (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), remote... more
UAS-DronesIran: a team of University students realized a Uav
Teheran, Iran - They are 9 students and have won a national competition
A team of Iranian university students managed to realized a project for a Uav (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), a remote controlled plane. The 9 students of the Mechanics College of Isfahan University have won... more
UAS-DronesThe first liquid hydrogen drone
Los Angeles, USA - AeroVironment Inc. made the first test flights
The first test flights of a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) aircraft powered by liquid hydrogen were successfully completed. US company AeroVironment Inc. communicated that. Liquid hydrogen and oxygen that... more