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EXCLUSIVE - FanWing UAV spins up for speed test
Added on 17 September 2010 by Tim Robinson
Tags: Aerospace, AH-1, An-140, Azarakhsh, drones, F-14s, F-5s, From the Aerospace International, ground control stations, HESA, Iran, Iranian, Karrar, Saeqeh-80, Shahed 278, The Aeronuatical Journal, UAVs, UCAVs, unmanned aerial vehicles
The Iranian DIY aerospace sector
Added on 27 August 2010 by Tim Robinson
The unveiling of a new Iranian armed ‘drone’ or UAV named the ‘Karrar’ last week produced predictable responses – scorn and laughter from some ‘experts’ and fear from tabloid headline writers about this ‘ambassador of death’ from Tehran.
Tags: AR Drone, drones, From the Aerospace International, ground control stations, iPhone, model aircraft, Parrot AR Drone, UAVs, unmanned aerial vehicles
UAVs invade the toy store
Added on 20 August 2010 by Tim Robinson
After fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, the latest frontier for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) is the consumer toy market – with the launch of the Parrot AR Drone, a remote-controlled quadricopter controlled over Wi-Fi by an iPhone ‘app’.
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