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All News

August 14, 2013

Solar-Powered Puma AE Small Unmanned Aircraft Achieves Nine-Hour Flight

Advanced Solar Cells Increase Hand-Launched Puma AE Endurance By 350 Percent

At AUVSI in Washington, D.C. this week – AeroVironment, Inc. announced that a recent outdoor test flight of a solar-powered prototype version of the company’s proven Puma AE small unmanned aircraft system (UAS), operating with the company’s newest long-endurance battery, lasted 9 hours, 11 minutes – significantly longer than the flight endurance of small UAS being used in the field today.

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Insitu Demonstrating ICOMC2 At AUVSI's Unmanned Systems 2013 Event

Ground Control Station Designed For Expeditionary Use

Insitu has been demonstrating its Common Open-mission Management Command and Control (ICOMC2) ground control station at the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) Unmanned event this week in Washington, D.C.

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AD: S.p.A. And Bell Helicopter Textron Helicopters

AD NUMBER: 2013-16-16

PRODUCT: Agusta S.p.A. (Agusta) Model AB412 and AB412 EP, and Bell Helicopter Textron (Bell) Model 412, 412CF, and 412EP helicopters with certain DART Aerospace Ltd. (Dart) high gear aft crosstubes (crosstube) installed.

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Pilot Involved In R-66 Fatal Accident Not IFR Qualified

Prelim Report From NTSB Indicates No Record Of Weather Briefing

The pilot of a Robinson R-66 helicopter that was involved in an accident which fatally injured five people was not instrument rated, according to the NTSB's recently-released preliminary report. There is also no record that the pilot obtained a weather briefing prior to the flight.

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Sikorsky Announces Major Research Program

MATRIX Technology To Advance VTOL Autonomy To Higher Levels Of Capability And Safety

Sikorsky has unveiled a major research program — designated MATRIX Technology — to develop, test and field systems and software that will improve significantly the capability, reliability and safety of flight for autonomous, optionally piloted, and piloted vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft.

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Report: Global Business Jet Fleet To Grow By Over 55% By 2025

International Bureau Of Aviation Sees An 11,000-Airplane Increase

The 2013 Business Jet Asset Report from the International Bureau of Aviation forecasts that the global business jet fleet will grow to a total of nearly 31,000 aircraft by 2025, an increase of 11,000 jets. Much of the new growth is expected to come from new deliveries, implying many business jet models have a solid future ahead of them.

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