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Navy Restarts Effort To Fit 'Due Regard' Radar on Triton
The U.S. Navy has restarted its effort to fit a “due regard” radar on the new MQ-4C Triton unmanned surveillance aircraft. The service will incorporate the radar subsystem as part of a...
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X-47B Accomplishes First Unmanned Aerial Refueling Mission
The U.S. Navy’s Northrop Grumman X-47B ended its run as a demonstrator on April 22 by completing the first autonomous aerial refueling of an unmanned aircraft. The tailless, fighter-sized drone...
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EU Leaders Mull Military Action To Destroy People-Smuggling Vessels
Faced with unprecedented numbers of illegal migrants from Africa and the Middle East attempting to reach Europe’s southern borders, European leaders are considering military action to destroy the boats...
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Drone Groups Comment on FAA's Small UAS Draft Regulation
The largest trade group representing the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) industry in the United States is calling on the FAA to establish a more flexible regulation than the agency has proposed for...
View ArticleDevil's in the Details of FAA UAS Proposal, Says GAMA
The FAA needs to strengthen its proposed equipment, maximum altitude and other operational requirements for small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to ensure their safe integration into the National...
View ArticleWebsite: FAA Receives 4,000-Plus Comments to Drone Rule
The Federal Aviation Administration received 4,499 comments to its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to regulate small unmanned aircraft systems weighing less than 55 pounds, a government website...
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FAA Seeks Standards for Beyond Line-of-Sight Drone Flights
The Federal Aviation Administration has asked standards organization ASTM International to develop standards that would support operations of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) beyond the line of sight of...
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Coming U.S. Policy Change Will Free Small Drone Exports
The U.S. State Department made headlines earlier this year when it relaxed its export policy on the sale of military and commercial UAVs to other countries. But lesser known is a policy change that...
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FAA, Industry Partners Announce 'Pathfinder' Drone Research
The Federal Aviation Administration has entered into a “pathfinder” arrangement with industry partners to explore concepts for beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) and other operations of small unmanned...
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AeroVironment Seeks To Grow 'Switchblade' Missile Business
The manufacturer that has supplied most of the small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) the U.S. military uses also has a tactical missile systems business. AeroVironment’s Switchblade is an expendable,...
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AIN Blog: Tiny Drone Does It Again
One…tiny…drone, and the capital of the most powerful nation in modern history freaks out, yet again. In case you missed the news, on Thursday May 14, Secret Service agents detained a man flying a...
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Boeing Envisions a Future Laser-Carrying Unmanned Aircraft
Boeing Defense is exploring uses for its Phantom Eye high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and possible commercial customers. Among...
View ArticleExperts Study RPAS Operations in Commercial Airspace
The business aviation community had a chance to discuss its concerns over the likelihood of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) flying in civil airspace during an EBACE conference session on...
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Northrop Grumman Rolls Out First NATO AGS Global Hawk
Northrop Grumman on June 4 rolled out the first of five RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft it will deliver under the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) program. NATO expects to begin...
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Europe Advances Research of RPAS Airspace Integration
Last November, a consortium representing French industry, government and academia completed a series of 20 flight tests that demonstrated the ability of the one-metric-ton Patroller remotely piloted...
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Israel's UAVs Find New Roles as Hunters and Data Gatherers
Outside of the U.S., Israel is the country that has the most experience in developing and deploying UAVs. As European industrials and operators play catch-up, they can learn from Israeli practice that...
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The Revolutionary but Thorny U.S. Predator-Reaper Program
Controversy is never absent from the U.S. Predator/Reaper program. Perhaps that is inevitable, with such a revolutionary capability. But 20 years after the first Predator went into service, the issues...
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UAS Conference in U.S. Ushers in New Drone Order, Goes 'Xponential'
The Unmanned Systems conference in the U.S., traditionally the largest event of the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) industry, is no longer your father’s military-focused trade gathering. As of next...
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With the UK Sorted, Thales Touts Watchkeeper Prospects in France
Thales is stressing its end-to-end capability in unmanned aerial systems, as well as seven years of operational experience, in its bid to supply the Watchkeeper UAS to the French Army. The company said...
View ArticleCAE To Provide Predator Trainer for Italy’s Air Force
Italy’s Directorate for Air Armaments and Airworthiness has contracted Canadian training system provider CAE to develop a Predator unmanned aircraft system (UAS) mission trainer for the Italian Air...
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