Ikhana, which according to NASA's website is a modified MQ-9 Predator B unmanned aircraft system (UAS), was acquired in 2006 to "support Earth science missions and advanced aeronautical technology ...

The inventory of research aircraft at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center has grown by one with the acquisition of a Predator B unmanned aircraft system adapted for civilian missions.

But the Global Hawk has to work around limited control frequencies -- which is why most NASA UAV flights are in the early morning. NASA ...

NASA says Tuesday's flight over California moves the U.S. closer to normalizing unmanned aircraft operations in ... version of the Air Force's MQ-9 Predator B that is 36 feet (11 meters) long ...

NASA is has developed a new sense-and-avoid system that will let unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV ... also known as the Predator B, which is an updated, larger, and more powerful Predator drone ...

The Orion descending for landing as planned in the Pacific Ocean was filmed by NASA’s Ikhana UAS (Unmanned Aerial System). The drone, a demilitarized MQ-9 Predator B owned and operated by the ...

An MQ-1 Predator over a mountain range in Nevada ... In 2007, an Aerosonde UAV took off from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia and headed into Hurricane Noel, a Category 1 storm ...

But it took advances in electronics and satellite technology to realize unmanned aerial vehicles ... The first operational ...

the “Q” means unmanned aircraft, and the “4” is the series. The SkyGuardian version of the Predator is a certifiable variant anticipated to ultimately become fully authorized for controlled airspace.

“NASA is glad to see that UAVs are being ... The Altair, a high-altitude civil derivative of GA-ASI’s Predator B military UAV, was designed for scientific and commercial research missions.

NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center and General Atomics ... and flight testing of new command and control satellite link capabilities on a Predator B unmanned aircraft system. As the result of a ...

“We are working closely with the FAA, NASA, the U.S. Department of Homeland ... Ground Control Station of the Predator B UAV (Photo: GA-ASI) Modern aircraft have a variety of means to “see ...