Special Forces Looking for Intel in All the Wrong Places
If conventional UAVs really worked well enough to be worth nearly another billion dollars on top of the about $6 billion (and falling) that DoD spends annually, there would be no insurgency left to...
View ArticleNew Bill Opens American Airspace to Commercial Drones
A bill recently passed by Congress will require the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to open U.S. airspace to drone flights in four years. Currently, the FAA restricts drone use to segregated...
View ArticleIran to Reverse Engineer Captured American Stealth UAV
According to the Iranian officials, Iran will use information extracted from the Sentinel's computer systems, which were intact when the aircraft was captured in November 2011. The UAV is said by the...
View ArticleUAVs for Border Security to Focus on Small Platforms
Over the coming nine years, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Border Security will be the most favorable (civil) sales environment for small manufacturers, as well as for small UAV product lines from...
View ArticleMore Nations Develop Domestic UAVs
Chile is just one example of nations creating their own Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) rather than buying them from Israel, European nations or the United States. Market Info Group (MiG) predicted...
View ArticleTelecom-Equipped Drones
Drones, known for surveillance and intelligence uses, soon could revolutionize wireless telecommunications, according to industry analysts.The post Telecom-Equipped Drones appeared first on Market Info...
View ArticleAir Force Space Commander wants Change – UAVs?
The Air Force Space Command leader made it clear that America’s military is like those climbers, dependent on a thin rope of space-based capabilities.The post Air Force Space Commander wants Change –...
View ArticleMore Competition for Space ISR
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have reached the point of challenging satellites’ ability to fly over defended territory. That point was not lost on attendees at the recent Space Symposium, hosted by...
View ArticleEuropean UAV Market Offers Fresh Opportunities for Small Platforms
New and dynamic markets for smaller less expensive non-military UAV platforms are excepted over the next 9 years. Technological and budget cycles coupled with changing missions and capabilities will...
View ArticleStratospheric UAV Payloads Fixing Up to Give Satellites a Fight
UAVs flying for months or years above the jet stream will form a new communication and sensing infrastructure. Persistent UAVs (airships and aircraft) will gradually start gnawing away at the business...
View ArticleNorth American UAVs for Border Security Market to Shrink after 2016
The North American market for border security UAVs will collapse, shrinking by nearly 20%, after 2016. This is one of the conclusions of a new research report by MiG. All other regional markets for...
View ArticleMilitary UAVs are not Useful for First Responders
Satellite navigation was essential for everyday driving only a generation after it first fought in Desert Storm. Jet engines showed up in military aircraft late in World War II and the Korean War,...
View ArticleA New UAV Market is Born – Do You Want to Be There?
A new, multi-billion dollar, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for First Responders market is emerging. The public, vendors and users have a lot of questions about it. The post A New UAV Market is Born –...
View ArticleSo Now We Can Fly UAVs Commercially? Probably Not
When the American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently lost the Pirker case, its lack of legal authority to regulate small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) was formally exposed. The post So...
View ArticleWhat’s Privacy Against Drones Worth?
In early May when the UAV operators received emergency permission to fly their small rotary aircraft but not the more capable fixed-wing model. They were able to survey the geology in areas...
View ArticleFirst Responders Look for UAVs in All the Wrong Places
While Hill’s point is conventional and obvious, the event was just as conventional in its ‘invitation only’ planning. The Indiana National Guard's 181st Intelligence Wing co-hosted the event, which...
View ArticleToday’s Military UAV Vulnerabilities due to Yesterday’s Mistakes
American military leaders intentionally destroyed their corporate knowledge regarding stratospheric UAVs, forcefully rejected these systems’ development so as to preserve conventional satellite and UAV...
View ArticleAmerican UAV Vendor Says: Our UAV Will Reduce Crime – Or Your Money Back!
Olaeris promises to move cities at least ten positions down the FBI Most Dangerous Cities List, or even off the list entirely. The company is offering a 100% money back guarantee to prove they can do...
View ArticleFAA’s Quadrotor UAV Approval – A Small Success Wrapped in a Much Larger Failure
The first approved quadrotor is an experimental Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). It weighs less than a pound and must be operated within line of sight. The post FAA’s Quadrotor UAV Approval – A Small...
View ArticleFacebook (Re)Inventing the Future of Connectivity – A Good Plan with a Fatal...
Facebook must choose between flying and operating the Internet radios. They won’t be able to do both with existing or foreseeable aircraft technology. MiG’s research and analysis lists many technical...
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