by JVanDomelen | Mar 31, 2016 | Air, Featured, Rotary Wing, Unmanned
SANTIAGO, CHILE, March 30, 2016 – FT Sistemas has selected Rockwell Collins to provide its Micro Inertial Navigation Sensor (INS) for the new FT-200FH unmanned Category 2 helicopter. The agreement between the companies was announced at the FIDAE 2016 air show in the...
by JVanDomelen | Mar 25, 2016 | Air, Featured, Rotary Wing, Unmanned
DUBAI, March 21, 2016 — MarchChina’s armed CH-3 and CH-4 drones have recently made international news, being used by nations that range from Iraq to Nigeria. And now NORINCO, one of China’s leading defense contractors, is getting in on the...
by JVanDomelen | Mar 23, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Space, Unmanned
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, March 23, 2016 — Scientific investigations of fire in microgravity and grippers inspired by geckos are among the nearly 7,500 pounds of cargo headed to the International Space Station aboard an Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft, along with...
by JVanDomelen | Mar 19, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Manned, Space
BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN, March 19, 2016 — The Soyuz TMA-20M launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station at 5:26 p.m. EDT Friday (3:26 a.m. on March 19 in Baikonur). Jeff Williams of NASA and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and...
by JVanDomelen | Mar 17, 2016 | Air, Featured, Rotary Wing, Unmanned
Not too long ago, superior joystick skills at the age of 15 might have won you nothing more than bragging rights among your gaming buddies, but for one young pilot from England, it has led to a huge payday and instant recognition among a global community. In Dubai...