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Advanced Defense Technologies Inc. (ADTI) Developing UAV/Drone Technology for Commercial Markets Including Law …

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:05:00 +0000

ANAHEIM, CA– – Advanced Defense Technologies Inc. announced today that the Company is designing UAV – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Drone system technology for both defense and commercial markets. The large …

Israel Presents New UAV Payload

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:28:31 +0000

TEL AVIV [MENL] — An Israeli defense major has unveiled an advanced reconnaissance payload for its family of unmanned aerial vehicles. Israel's Elbit Systems has launched a hyperspectral payload for its larger UAV platforms that could detect missile launch preparations and weapons of mass destruction.

North Korea Building Kamikaze Drone: Pyongyang Buy UAV Originally Made In U.S.A, Says South Korea

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:54:13 +0000

Citing an anonymous South Korean military official, Yonhap news agency said North Korea bought the American made MQM-107D Streaker targeting drone from a Middle Eastern country thought to be Syria.

Thales Enhances Its Maritime Border Surveillance Offer

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:25:51 +0000

Thales has reinforced its coastal and maritime border surveillance offer thanks to the FULMAR maritime surveillance and identification UAV system from the Spanish firm Aerovisión. …

Thales Enhances Its Maritime Border Surveillance Offer

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:25:51 +0000

Thales has reinforced its coastal and maritime border surveillance offer thanks to the FULMAR maritime surveillance and identification UAV system from the Spanish firm Aerovisión. …

Astronauts seen and heard: satcoms for the Space Station

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:51:00 +0000

Seeing ESA astronaut André Kuipers on the International Space Station is a regular occurrence these days. You turn on your TV or check Twitter and there he is. Since there are no cables trailing from the Station to Earth, just how does this happen?

The complex, challenging problem of orbital debris

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:37:10 +0000

Several recent satellite reentries have put a spotlight on the issue of orbital debris. Jeff Foust reports on a recent panel session that discussed how complex the problem is and how difficult it will be, technically and otherwise, to solve it.

ESA’s Mars Express radar gives strong evidence for former Mars ocean

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000

ESA’s Mars Express has returned strong evidence for an ocean once covering part of Mars. Using radar, it has detected sediments reminiscent of an ocean floor within the boundaries of previously identified, ancient shorelines on Mars.

Innocon's MicroFalcon Accomplished Qualification Flights at Extreme Weather Conditions

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:40:50 +0000

Israel | Innocon's MicroFalcon mini UAS has completed flight tests at extreme weather conditions. The MicroFalcon operated successfully under a snow storm at -15 Celsius, and a 35knt wind velocity…

Drones set to assist cops in Naxal operations

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:58:48 +0000

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone is likely to be pressed into service in the Visakha agency and the border districts of the state to help in intelligence gathering on a real-time basis.