3DR Announces Perimeter Scan for Site Scan Drone Data Capture App
3DR has announced Perimeter Scan, a new flight mode for the Site Scan Field iOS drone data platform app for architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) professionals. Perimeter Scan enables AEC...
View ArticleWirth Research Unveils New VTOL Hydrogen-Powered UAS
Wirth Research has announced the release of more details and the first images of its new tilt rotor, Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL), hydrogen fuel cell powered terrain mapping drone. Wirth’s...
View ArticleCommercial Drone Completes 30-Mile BVLOS Flight via 3G
Delair-Tech and electrical services company RTE have announced that they have set a new distance record by flying a civilian drone 30 miles (50 kilometers) beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). The...
View ArticleU.S. Navy Tests New Unmanned Mine Detection System
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has announced that, during a recent technology demonstration at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, it has unveiled a new way to detect buried and submerged mines. Dr....
View ArticleSkyX Unveils New Drone Charging Stations
SkyX, a developer of long-range unmanned aerial monitoring technologies, has announced the successful delivery and installation of its first production xStation, a unit that remotely recharges SkyX...
View ArticleNTT DATA Announces Unmanned Traffic Management Software Package
NTT DATA Corporation has announced the forthcoming launch of its airpalette UTM software package, which consists of an FOS (Flight Operation System) drone operation control function for businesses...
View ArticleBAE Systems to Develop Multifunctional UAS Payloads for DARPA
BAE Systems has announced that it has recently been awarded two contracts from DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), worth a combined $5.4 million, to develop technology that will...
View ArticleRaptorUAS Unveils Endurance Hybrid VTOL UAS
RaptorUAS, a developer of high performance unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has announced that it has completed tests for the conversion of their high performance Raptor E1 UAS to a hybrid VTOL fixed...
View ArticleAustralian Defence Force Selects AeroVironment Wasp AE SUAS
AeroVironment has announced that its Wasp AE small unmanned aircraft system has been selected by the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The ADF Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract...
View ArticleBNC Scientific Unveils New Radiation Detecting UAV
BNC Scientific has announced the addition of a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) Radiation Detection solution to the company’s suite of HAZMAT / first-responder instrumentation. The WB Johnson Phoenix ACE...
View ArticleProtonex Receives First Order for UAV Fuel Cell System
Ballard Power Systems has announced that the company’s subsidiary, Protonex, has received an initial order for its fuel cell propulsion system, together with design services, from FlyH2 Aerospace, a...
View ArticleWireless Radios Enable Long Range Drone Applications for Oil & Gas
Silvus Technologies has announced that its StreamCaster series of MN-MIMO radios has been selected by SkyX, a designer and manufacturer of an integrated system for aerial monitoring of long-range...
View ArticleLeonardo Announces New Aerial Target Drone
Leonardo has announced the introduction of its new aerial target drone at the 2017 Paris Air Show. Based on the company’s experience with its Mirach 100/5 target drone, which is used as the standard...
View ArticleNew Commercial Drone Solution Developed for Industry
Identified Technologies has announced an alliance with DJI to provide a fully managed commercial drone solution to its Fortune 500 clients in the construction, mining, energy, and landfill industries....
View ArticleSimlat Delivers UAS Simulation Lab to Drexel University
Simlat has announced that it has delivered a Full Crew solution for UAS (unmanned aircraft system) training and simulation to Drexel University. As part of Drexel’s membership in the FAA UAS Center of...
View ArticleKratos Announces New Military-Class Unmanned Aircraft
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has announced that it has unveiled a new class of unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The XQ-222 Valkyrie and UTAP-22 Mako drones provide fighter-like performance...
View ArticleTextron Systems Unveils NIGHTWARDEN Tactical UAS
Textron Systems Unmanned Systems has announced the introduction of the NIGHTWARDEN Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS) at the 2017 Paris Air Show. Building upon Textron Systems’ lineage of TUAS,...
View ArticleNew Tactical Unmanned Helicopter Completes First Autonomous Flights
Airbus Helicopters has announced that it has recently started autonomous flight trials of a VSR700 Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) demonstrator, paving the way for a first flight of the actual VSR700...
View ArticleSentient ViDAR to be Deployed on UMS Skeldar UAS
UMS SKELDAR has announced an agreement with Sentient Vision Systems to provide Sentient’s ViDAR (Visual identification Detection and Ranging) system for its unmanned systems. The announcement was made...
View ArticleRockwell Collins Avionics to Support SkyGuardian UAS
Rockwell Collins has announced that its avionics technologies have been selected for General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ (GA-ASI) MQ-9B SkyGuardian. Rockwell Collins will support GA-ASI to...
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