The two hour flight test, which took place in October, involved an operator onboard the BAC-1-11 that piloted the aircraft from a remote station within the aircraft - identical to flying an unmanned aircraft from a ground control station. QinetiQ of Great Britain converted a BAC-1-11 into a surrogate unmanned aircraft as part of an unmanned flight test of UAV swarm technology. British officals are confident that the Taranis unmanned combat air vehicle program will allow the country to maintain its competitiveness with the United States and the world in engineering and technology. Another key objective of the Taranis program is to provide an unmanned capability that will allow RAF military commanders to better determine the proper ratio of manned to unmanned assets. British officials state a key objective of the program is to protect British jobs within the areas of avionics, propulsion, and mission system integration as well as protecting critical design and manufacturing capabilities within the same areas. Notably, the program will only involve the British companies of BAE Systems (lead), Rolls Royce, QinetiQ, and Smiths Aerospace. The joint government/industry-funded program is scheduled to last for four years and will use an unmanned aircraft called "Taranis" to demonstrate what British officials believe are world-leading autonomous flight technologies. Britain announced it will launch a $245 million technology demonstrator program that will pave the way to deployment of unmanned combat aircraft by as early as 2020.
Defense Agency officials of Japan note that the inspiration for the aircraft design was a paper airplane! Very interesting!! The aircraft has a wingspan of 24 inches and weighs a mere 14 ounces. Aircraft construction is of polystyrene foam. The aircraft will carry a small camera that can transmit pictures back to ground bases. Japan will develop a very small unmanned aircraft for surveillance and reconnaissance missions of enemy positions within Japanese territories. troops in the battlefield with a rapid alert to the release of chemical or biological weapons by enemy forces. The use of the chemical detector could provide U.S. Unmanned aircraft missions for the sensor will primarily be for Homeland Security, but AFRL officials also believe the sensor could be deployed to combat zones where chemical and biological weapons are considered as possible weapon threats. The sensor, called Bright Onyx, can detect chemical elements associated with weapons of mass destruction. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is developing an active multispectral chemical detection sensor for use on unmanned aircraft that will patrol U.S. Additionally, by setting a precedent for an unmanned aircraft pilot training center that is common to an entire region, Robonic officials believe that manned aircraft pilot training centers may follow suit and set up similar centers that are common to a region. As the UAS industry continues to grow, Robonic anticipates that the center will train both military and civilian UAS pilots from all over Europe and the world. Currently, the Robonic Arctic Test UAV Flight Center (RATUFC) is capable of handling basic unmanned flight training services, but can expand to accommodate all areas of unmanned operations, including operator and payload specialist training. Additionally, Robonic believes that training unmanned aircraft pilots must become a primary objective of the unmanned aircraft industry in order to maintain aviation safety standards and to ensure that unmanned aircraft are only piloted by qualified pilots and operators. Robonic officials believe the idea is a worthy goal, citing the increasingly crowded skies over Europe, the unmanned aircraft industry's desire to maintain safe UAS operations, and the 6,880 square miles of sparsely populated test range operated by Robonic that includes a 1,400 meter runway. Future unmanned aircraft pilots of Europe - get out your long underewear! Robonic, a manufacturer of unmanned aircraft launching systems, intends to establish a European pilot training center for unmanned aircraft pilots above the Arctic Circle in the town of Kemjarvi, Finland. Northrop is the lead integrator for the Army's Future Combat Systems Program. The sensors will provide imagery for ISR missions, target acquisition, early warning capabilitities and enhanced reconnaissance. DRS will provide emulators and prototype EO/IR systems. The Microwave Systems unit of Northrop in California has awarded DRS Technologies a contract to produce lightweight EO/IR sensor systems for Class I unmanned aircraft in the U.S.
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