Airport Technology - Ilaria Grasso Macola
By landing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a civilian airport for the first time, the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) not only made the headlines but also broke a record in the field of unmanned aircraft systems. Ilaria Grasso Macola speaks to IAI to understand how the project came about and what this means for the future of UAVs.
IAI’s Heron aircraft took off from a landing pad in the kibbutz of Ein Shemer, located in northern Israel, and flew south for 65km, landing at Ben Gurion Airport before flying back to the landing pad...read here
