OPINION: Can Airlander revive the airship's prospects? [feedly]
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OPINION: Can Airlander revive the airship's prospects?
// Flight Global HEADLINES
At Flight International we salute innovation. And Hybrid Air Vehicles, the start-up behind the Airlander 10 which has re-emerged from its hangar after returning to the UK in 2013 has it in spades.
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Read more...Marine Corps Tests Tiny Helicopter UAV [feedly]
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Marine Corps Tests Tiny Helicopter UAV
// Aero-News Network
Pocket-Sized Drone Delivers Live Video Feeds From Three Cameras The U.S. Marine Corps is conducting tests with the Black Hornet PD-100 helicopter drone that can deliver live video feeds from three cameras about a mile away.
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Read more...B-2s Conduct Deployment To Indo-Asia-Pacific Region [feedly]
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B-2s Conduct Deployment To Indo-Asia-Pacific Region
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Three Spirit Bombers Rotated To Guam Three B-2 Spirits deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, to Andersen AFB, Guam, in the U.S. Pacific Command area of operations Aug. 9.
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Read more...EasyJet incident highlights 'open descent' mode risk
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/easyjet-incident-highlights-open-descent-mode-risk-428468/
UK investigators have reiterated the need to understand aircraft behaviour in various modes after the stall-protection system intervened on an EasyJet Airbus A320 during a visual approach to Paphos.
Read more...Think you can take out a swarm of attack drones? DARPA wants to hear from you - ZDNet
Think you can take out a swarm of attack drones? DARPA wants to hear from you
ZDNet
... aircraft and has drones that can fly at 45mph. Now, in its never-ending quest to close capability gaps, the Pentagon's advanced research agency wants to develop a defensive system that can take out an attacking fleet of smallunmanned air systems ...
£1m military drone crashed in Wales after crew disabled anti-crash systems – report - The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/12/watchkeeper_drone_wk031_crash_report_1m_uav_destroyed/
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£1m military dronecrashed in Wales after crew disabled anti-crashsystems – report
The Register
A £1m British Army Watchkeeper drone had to be scrapped after crashing at an airfield in Wales when the ex-RAF officer piloting it disabled the unmanned aerial vehicle's anti-crash systems. Although the official main cause of the accident was given as ...
Britain looks to robot dragonflies and lasers for future defense - New Atlas
http://newatlas.com/britain-robot-dragonflies-lasers/44885/
Britain looks to robot dragonflies and lasers for future defense
New Atlas
... Insights Unit (IRIS) is intended to identify emerging technologies and determine their potential military impact. Among a number of projects currentlyunder consideration, Skeeter is a tiny Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) from Oxford-based Animal Dynamics.
Dragonfly drones, VR helmets, and laser guns on British military's wishlistArs Technica UK
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