All articles by Gayle Putrich – Page 2
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USMC Ravens get upgrade
US Marines will get upgraded digital module kits for their hand-launched RQ-11B Raven UAVs under a new $7.8 million order ...
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NewsNASA remembers Challenger 25 years later
NASA marked 25 years since the Challenger disaster with a 45-minute ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 28 January, while across the US and...
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USAF defends performance of Gorgon Stare sensor
US Air Force officials past and present have jumped to defend the service's new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system ...
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No flight demos at AUVSI North America 2011
Ten years after its first unmanned aerial vehicle flight demonstration, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) will not hold...
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Gorgon Stare tests reveal long list of problems
The US Air Force's much-touted new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) system may not be in the air over Afghanistan any time soon. according...
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NewsPhantom Eye propulsion system gets workout on ground
The propulsion system for Boeing's high-altitude, long-endurance Phantom Eye UAV is undergoing a series of ground tests ...
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NewsUS Army outlines VTOL UAV needs
In the same January speech in which US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates listed Pentagon programmes to be cut in an attempt to save hundreds of billions of dollars, several ambitious new efforts were also mentioned, including the US Army's vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle programme.
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Textron splits AAI into three business units
AAI Corp., will split into three businesses under parent company Textron Systems, including a separate business for unmanned aerial vehicles, the company...
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NewsDiscovery on the mend at long last, looking to late February launch
NASA programme managers have finally found the cause of the cracks on Space Shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank - and a fix - setting a possible launch date of 24 February, the US space agency says.
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Space Adventures gets more Soyuz seats
Virginia-based personal space flight provider Space Adventures has finalized a deal with the Russian space agency to offer three seats on Soyuz spacecraft...
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NewsGlobal Observer makes first hydrogen-powered flight
AeroVironment's newest unmanned aircraft has successfully made the transition to hydrogen power, the company says, starting with a 4h test flight at Edwards...
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Lost connection sinks India's GSLV launch attempt
Faulty connectors and cables were the cause of the 25 December failure of the Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), the second of 2010 for the Indian Space Research Organisation, a space agency panel has determined.
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USAF EELV safe from Pentagon cuts
In a plan that would ultimately cut billions from existing Pentagon programmes, at least one space project is safe, according to US Secretary of Defense...
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Pentagon IG: BAMS suffering from lack of oversight
The US Navy is mishandling its new high-altitude surveillance unmanned air vehicle programme, says a Pentagon inspector general report ...
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Flint Hills Solutions bringing UAVs to Kansas airspace with FAA agreements
Flint Hills Solutions of Kansas has obtained two certificates of authorisation from the FAA to fly unmanned air vehicles ...
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General Atomics gets support deal for Gray Eagle
General Atomics will provide logistics support for the US Army's MQ-1C UAVs under a new, $85.5 million deal ...
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Shuttle repairs continue to pile up
NASA has found 32 stringers on space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank in need of modification and two that will be replaced entirely, the US space...
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NewsPICTURES: Turkey's homegrown UAV makes first flight
Turkey's first unmanned air vehicle, the Anka, completed a 14min first flight on 30 December ...
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Forecasts 2011: Space - Changes ahead
Commercial companies get ready for launches as US space policy comes into focus and Russia plans new launch site
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Forecasts 2011: UAVS - Battle budget worries
The unmanned segment of the global defence market will spend much of 2011 jockeying for position, trying to find a niche in shrinking budgets.