USSOCOM Places New Order for Loitering Missile Systems
AeroVironment, Inc. has been awarded a firm-fixed-price contract by the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for the procurement of Switchblade 600 Tactical Missile Systems (TMS). The contract...
View ArticleVertical Slicing Feature Added to Point Cloud Software
YellowScan has added a new vertical slicing feature to version 2110.0.0 of its CloudStation Core software. The new tool provides users with the ability to gain a better understanding of their...
View ArticlePercepto Launches Upgraded Autonomous Inspection & Monitoring Platform
Percepto has launched its upgraded 2022 Autonomous Inspection & Monitoring (AIM) platform and its new Air Mobile drone. Percepto offers the only end-to-end solution powered by Artificial...
View ArticleSuccessful Airborne Launch & Recovery of Gremlins UAV
Dynetics has achieved a new milestone in unmanned aviation by successfully launching and retrieving an X-61A Gremlins Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) during the program’s fourth flight test event. The...
View ArticleSky Power Selects New Indian Distributor for UAV Engines
Sky Power has selected Zerosum Technologies as a distributor for the company’s UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) engine products in India. In addition to marketing and distributing Sky Power products,...
View ArticleCasia DAA System Selected for UAS Safety Demonstration Program
Iris Automation’s Casia drone detect-and-avoid (DAA) system has been selected by Transport Canada as part of a series of trials, conducted by the National Research Council Canada (NRC), that will...
View ArticleStratospheric HAPS UAV Achieves Connectivity
Airbus and NTT DOCOMO, INC. have successfully demonstrated the solar-powered Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)’s ability to deliver future wireless broadband...
View ArticleFive New Unmanned Helicopters for Greek Navy
The Greek Navy has signed an agreement with Alpha Unmanned Systems (AUS) in Spain and Altus LSA in Greece for the procurement of five new Alpha 900 unmanned helicopters designed for naval, coast...
View ArticleAlarisPro Updates UAS Management Software
AlarisPro, a developer of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) management solutions, has released new updates for its software platform. Versions 22 and 23 include the following new features: Enhanced...
View ArticleSATCOM System Selected for Record-Setting BVLOS UAV
SKYTRAC Systems has confirmed that its Iridium Certus SATCOM system has been used by Platform Aerospace to enable Command and Control (C2), Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) communications, and...
View ArticleNew Combined Drone Service with Fixed-Wing and Rotary UAVs
UMS Skeldar and Primoco UAV have partnered to provide a versatile service that pairs the Primoco One 150 fixed-wing UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) with the Skeldar V-150 unmanned helicopter. Both...
View ArticleLiDAR for Extreme Environmental Monitoring
LightWare LiDAR has released the following article detailing how the company’s innovative LiDAR technology has been used by UAS (unmanned aerial systems) developer Black Swift Technologies to monitor...
View ArticleCAMCOPTER S-100 Performs SAR Trials in Arctic
Schiebel has conducted a successful demonstration of its CAMCOPTER S-100 unmanned helicopter on board the coastguard vessel KV Nordkapp in Norwegian waters. The trials, performed in conjunction with...
View Article3D Thermal Mapping with Autonomous Unmanned Airship
Phase One has released a case study showing how its iXM-100 camera has been integrated into the Airbus Defence and Space ALTAIR airship. ALTAIR is an autonomous unmanned zeppelin that can fly in...
View ArticleUAS Swarm Capability Demonstrated to Royal Netherlands Army
Elbit Systems has demonstrated its Robotic Autonomous Systems (RAS) capabilities for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions utilizing heterogeneous autonomous swarms to the RAS...
View ArticleEU Urban Drone Test Flights Conducted
Dronehub has carried out a series of test flights designed to help accelerate the use of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) over cities. The flights were conducted in Rzeszów, Poland within the framework...
View ArticleSilent Arrow Cargo Delivery Drones Ordered by U.S. Air Force
Silent Arrow has been awarded a contract by the United States Air Force to provide a variant of the company’s Silent Arrow GD-2000 (Glider, Disposable, 2000 pounds) cargo delivery drone. The Silent...
View ArticleVBAT UAS Increment 2 Prototype Effort Begins
Martin UAV kicked off its Multi-Mission Tactical UAS (MTUAS) Increment 2 (Mi2) prototype effort with Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) on Oct. 19. The company’s goal is to deliver...
View ArticleDetect-and-Avoid Solutions for BVLOS Drone Swarms Under Development
Iris Automation has partnered with HHLA Sky to create solutions that will enable remote, global and simultaneous control over 100 industrial drones from a centralized control center while increasing...
View ArticleHeavy Fuel Variant of Hybrid Wankel UAV Engine Released
Sky Power has launched a heavy fuel variant of the company’s SP-180 SRE single-disc wankel engine for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). The engine features a hybrid electric motor with a compact design...
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