Aircraft

May 25, 2012 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- AeroVironment introduced the Wasp AE small unmanned aircraft system and announced that it has been accepted by the U.S. Air Force for inclusion in its Battlefield Air Targeting Micro Air Vehicle ...  

AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced it will employ its small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to demonstrate aerial communications capabilities for the Federal Communications Commission’s Deployable Aerial Communications Architecture (DACA) Notice of Inquiry (NOI) proceeding. The DACA NOI is examining the ability to re-establish communications rapidly using aerial platform technology...  

Granada, Spain (SPX) May 25, 2012 University of Granada researchers have developed a 3D imaging system that scans 3D models of historical buildings using data obtained from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-an aircraft without a human pilot onboard. This is the first 3D imaging system to combine the use of UAVs, image-based 3D modeling technologies, and virtual representation of models to produce a realistic modeling of 3D object  

According to Airbus, Boeing has lost its chance to maintain parity in the single-aisle aircraft market, and the Airbus A32neo will win about 60 percent of orders compared to the Boeing 737 Max, the Puget Sound Business Journal reports. That’s the word from the “Airbus Innovation Days” in Toulouse, France, this week, a chance for Airbus to invite media to presentations. Boeing's Defense, Space & Security segment, based in Hazelwood, is the...  

Insitu announced today that its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system has exceeded 600,000 combat flight hours. In eight years of rapid innovation, Insitu has efficiently delivered uninterrupted tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) services while introducing scores of significant ScanEagle upgrades.Bingen, Wash. (PRWEB) May 23, 2012 Insitu announced today that its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system has exceeded 600,000...  

New Delhi (UPI) May 24, 2012 India's state-run National Aerospace Laboratory will work with Kadet Defense Systems to develop NAL's Hansa trainer aircraft into an unmanned aerial vehicle. The Hansa is built by Taneja Aerospace and Aviation for NAL and uses Indian-made composite material but mostly imported aeronautic electronics. The low-wing, tricycle-gear aircraft first flew in the late 1990s and is used ma  

American Airlines has announced where its news Boeing 777-300ER jets will fly first. AA will be the first U.S. carrier to take delivery of the 300ER version of the 777, and its first passenger flight on the jet will come Dec. 13 from Dallas/Fort Worth to ...  

The Engineering, Manufacturing and Development ... and train flight crews and maintenance personnel. The upgrade on the first NATO aircraft will begin next year, while work on the first U.S. E-3 707 will begin in 2014. Completion of the work ...  

With the use of domestic drones increasing, concern has not just come up over privacy issues, but also over the potential use of lethal force by the unmanned aircraft.    CBS DC - May 24, 2012   WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – With the use of domestic drones increasing, concern has not just come up over privacy issues, but also over the potential use of lethal force by the unmanned aircraft.Drones have been used overseas to target and kill high-level...  

Throughout the history of aerospace, new technology has first been used for reconnaissance and information gathering before being extended to other uses over the battlefield, Maj. Gen. James Poss said Tuesday in Grand Forks. The leading Air ...  

Two Colorado tech companies -- Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. and Bye Aerospace Inc. -- announced Monday that Ascent will work as a "development partner" with Bye on aircraft projects, including a potential unmanned air vehicle. Thornton-based Ascent Solar (Nasdaq: ASTI) makes thin-cell photovoltaic solar-power modules. Bye Aerospace, located at Centennial Airport in Arapahoe County, has been working on aircraft powered by electric motors...  

May 20, 2012 - For more than five decades, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has compiled a proven track record of introducing new technology and aircraft safely into the National Airspace System (NAS). Most recently, the agency has been working to ...  

One can become taller by climbing a tree or survey the area hiding behind its branches from the top. When the first hot air balloons appeared, people very quickly tried to use them for observations from the air, and then throw explosive shells on the heads ...  

Washington DC (SPX) May 10, 2012 Two unmanned K-MAX helicopters have delivered more than one million pounds in less than four months in support of the U.S. Marine Corps in Afghanistan and will remain in theater until September on a deployment extension. The aircraft, a joint effort by Lockheed Martin and Kaman Aerospace, is the first unmanned helicopter to deliver cargo and resupply troops in a combat zone. They have been  

Two F-16 fighter jets intercepted a small private plane that violated restricted airspace Friday as President Barack Obama was about to depart from Los Angeles International Airport aboard Air Force One, authorities said.