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US Army Shadow UAS to Be Upgraded
Textron Systems has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to upgrade the Shadow Block II tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS) to the enhanced Block III configuration. The contract follows a highly...
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Scalable C2 Software Tested on Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI), in conjunction with the U.S. Army, has completed the first production Acceptance Test Procedure (ATP) flights of a Gray Eagle Extended Range...
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Hybrid Gas-Electric Multirotor Drone Breaks Endurance Record
Skyfront’s Perimeter 8 UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) has set a new record for multirotor drone flight time, staying airborne for 13 hours and 4 minutes and travelling a distance of 205 miles. The...
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US-Made Drone Flight Computer Introduced
Windhover Labs has announced the upcoming availability of its first hardware product, a modular flight computer for commercial UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) that will be available in a low-cost...
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Scalable C2 Software Tested on Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI), in conjunction with the U.S. Army, has completed the first production Acceptance Test Procedure (ATP) flights of a Gray Eagle Extended Range...
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Hybrid Gas-Electric Multirotor Drone Breaks Endurance Record
Skyfront’s Perimeter 8 UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) has set a new record for multirotor drone flight time, staying airborne for 13 hours and 4 minutes and travelling a distance of 205 miles. The...
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US-Made Drone Flight Computer Introduced
Windhover Labs has announced the upcoming availability of its first hardware product, a modular flight computer for commercial UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) that will be available in a low-cost...
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Lightweight GNSS-Aided INS Introduced for UAV Applications
Oxford Technical Solutions (OxTS) has launched the latest in the company’s line of inertial navigation systems (INS). The xNAV650 is OxTS’ smallest, lightest and most affordable INS to date, combining...
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BVLOS Mapping Drone Built on Acecore Quadcopter
Acecore’s Zoe quadcopter platform has been used by aerial data solutions provider Airobot as the base for their new Zmapper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a 4G-enabled BVLOS (beyond visual line of...
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Censys UAV Receives BVLOS Approval
Drone data collection and analysis firm Toa Custodian has been awarded beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) approval from the Nigeran Civil Aviation Authority for operations utilising a Censys...
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SKYTRAC Develops UAV Satcom Communication & Control Solutions
SKYTRAC, a leading developer of Iridium Certus Satcom solutions for UAS (unmanned aerial systems) and drones, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) to demonstrate their expertise in...
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New Drone Payload for Asset Inspection Unveiled
Phase One has unveiled the company’s new solution for fast, efficient, and safe UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)-based inspection of critical infrastructure. The P3 Payload features a new gimbal with...
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Gray Eagle UAS Surpasses 1 Million Flight Hours
The Gray Eagle family of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), manufactured by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), has recently surpassed one million flight hours. The milestone was reached...
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Search and Rescue Drone Features Mobile Phone Detection
Revector has launched the Revector Detector Drone (RDD), a search and rescue UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) that can fly over hard-to-reach areas in the aftermath of natural disasters or accidents and...
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Firebird UAS Successfully Demonstrated at Grand Forks
Northrop Grumman has successfully conducted a series of flight tests of the new Firebird UAS which can convert from autonomous to piloted configurations. During the flight demonstrations in North...
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Kappa Optronics Develops High-Resolution Imaging Systems for UAVs
Kappa Optronics, a leading developer of rugged aviation- and military-grade cameras for drones and UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) to demonstrate...
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uAvionix Micro IFF UAS Transponder Receives DoD AIMS Certification
uAvionix Corporation has been awarded U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) AIMS Mk XIIB certification for its RT-2087/ZPX-B Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponder for unmanned aerial systems (UAS)....
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BVLOS Waiver Achieved for Drone Pipeline Inspection Firm
Iris Automation has provided its regulatory professional services to drone service provider Aerial Production Services (APS), cutting the time taken to receive a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...
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Artificial Intelligence Sensor Analysis for UAS ISR
Kongsberg Geospatial has partnered with Sentient Vision Systems to develop a capability that will provide real-time analysis of video data from drone-based sensors. The technology will integrate...
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Microdrones Announces New Episodes of UAV Surveying Series
Microdrones has created three new episodes of its “Down to Earth” reality series, which focuses on the challenges and hazards faced by real UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) surveying crews, as well as...
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